Table 1
Recommended Weight Variables for Different Units of Analysis*
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| Analysis unit | Census year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | |
| Person | COMPW5 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 |
| Census family | Value of COMPW5 of the census family member with CFPtr=0 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 |
| Economic family | Value of COMPW5 of the economic family member with EFPtr=0 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 |
| Household | COMPW1 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 |
| Dwelling** | COMPW1 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 | COMPW2 or COMPW1 |
| * Recommended since they are the weight variables used for official Statistics Canada tabulations ** Also need restrictions to the dwellings for which dwelling variables of interest were collected. |
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