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Hours spent doing unpaid housework, yard work or home maintenance for own household
This question was asked of all respondents.
Hours spent doing unpaid housework, yard work or home maintenance for persons outside the household
This question was asked of all respondents.
Hours spent looking after children in the household
This question was only asked of respondents with a child aged 14 years or less living in their household. Time spent when the respondent was doing another activity while looking after the children, time when looking after the children was shared with someone else and time when the child was having a nap were to be included in the hours spent.
Time the child spent sleeping during the night, at school, at a friend's or in organized activities was to be excluded.
Hours spent looking after children outside the household
This question was asked of all respondents; about looking after children who do not live in the respondent's household. Time spent when the respondent was doing another activity while looking after the children, time when looking after the children was shared with someone else and time when the child was having a nap were to be included in the hours spent.
Time the child spent sleeping during the night, at school, at a friend's or in organized activities was to be excluded.
Hours spent providing unpaid care or assistance to seniors in own household
This question was only asked of respondents who had a person (other than the respondent) 65 years of age or over living in their household.
Hours spent providing unpaid care or assistance to seniors outside the household
This question was asked of all respondents; about providing unpaid care or assistance to seniors who live outside the respondent's household.
Sense of belonging
Respondents were asked a series of questions about their sense of belonging, specifically:
How would you describe your sense of belonging to your local community? Would you say it is very strong, somewhat strong, somewhat weak or very weak?
What about your sense of belonging to your province?
What about your sense of belonging to Canada ?
Respondents were not provided with a definition of "belonging", but rather, based their responses on their own understanding of the term.
Voting
The voting questions were asked of all respondents aged 18 years of age or over. The total counts and "did not vote" counts for these questions therefore also include those who were not eligible to vote. As the Cycle 22 data was collected during 2008, the terms "last federal election", "last provincial election" and "last municipal election" refer to the most recent elections held prior to collection.
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