The study was conducted by the Citizenship Branch of the Canadian Department of the Secretary of State.
The object of the survey was to array the patterns of Canadians' non-work time activities and to find the extent to which expressive activities within a social context are engaged in by Canadians.
Questionnaires were administered to randomly selected respondents in a stratified sample if Canadian communities with varying population/economic bases and LIP projects.
Use of audio-visual media: frequency of use and preferences for reading, listening to radio, watching television, listening to records. Participation in two main activities: frequency of practice, informal companionship, formal involvement through associations, obstacles, cost of association in time and money, etc. Interaction with friends and relatives: frequency, activities on such occasions, place of meetings, preferred characteristics of friends. Use of vacations: amount of time spent, how spent, whether or not activities were engaged in for which R does not normally have time. Reasons for not participating in various types of activities.
Demands for new activities or increased involvement as well obstacles to meeting these demands.
Demographic data: Year, marital status, year of spouse's birth, no. children, no. children living in home, place of birth, length of present residence, employment status, occupation, employer category, hours/day worked, days/week worked, travel time to and from work, overtime, income, second job, spouse's employment status, spouse's occupation, spouse's employer category, hours/day worked, days/week worked, income, total family income, rent/own home, no. years schooling, language of schooling, spouse's education, mother tongue, language used at work, language most used outside of work, spouse's language of schooling, spouse's mother tongue, language spouse uses at work, language spouse uses most outside work, sex, type of dwelling, no. apartments.
The codebook for this dataset is available through the UBC Library catalogue, with call number GV55 .C574 1976.
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