User Guide for the Survey of Household Spending, 2016
Appendix F
Imputation rates by type of imputation and recording method for the diary expenses, Canada

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Table F1
Imputation rates for goods and services including food from stores, by type of imputation and recording method, CanadaTable F1 Note 1, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Imputation rates for goods and services including food from stores. The information is grouped by Type of imputation (appearing as row headers), Transcribed items, Items from a receipt and All items, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of imputation Transcribed items Items from a receipt All items
percentage
Imputation of a missing cost for a reported expense
Food from stores 2.8 0.2 1.1
Other goods and services 3.5 0.3 1.9
All expenditures 3.1 0.2 1.3
Imputation of expenditure items (and their individual cost) from a total expense
Food from stores 53.5 2.0 19.1
Other goods and services 22.4 2.4 12.6
All expenditures 40.1 2.1 16.9
Imputation of detailed expenditure code
Food from stores 4.3 4.1 4.2
Other goods and services 5.4 4.2 4.8
All expenditures 4.8 4.2 4.4

 

Table F2
Imputation rates for snacks, beverages and meals purchased from restaurants or fast-food outlets, by type of imputation and recording method, CanadaTable F2 Note 1, 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Imputation rates for snacks. The information is grouped by Type of imputation (appearing as row headers), Transcribed items, Items from a receipt and All items, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of imputation Transcribed items Items from a receipt All items
percentage
Imputation of total cost 0.54 0.30 0.50
Imputation of costs for alcoholic beverages 3.85 7.44 4.47
Imputation of meal type (breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack and beverages) 7.51 8.43 7.67
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