Rigid Insulating Board

Detailed information for December 1995

This survey was designed to collect information on current levels of operation. The results were used by the System of National Accounts at Statistics Canada to provide an early indication of trends in the Canadian economy, and were used by the Rigid Insulating Board Industry for production and trend analysis.

Data release - February 1, 1996

• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

This survey was designed to collect information on current levels of operation. The results were used by the System of National Accounts at Statistics Canada to provide an early indication of trends in the Canadian economy, and were used by the Rigid Insulating Board Industry for production and trend analysis.

Subjects

• Manufacturing
• Other manufactured products

Data sources and methodology

Instrument design

The survey has been designed to obtain data on productivity and shipments of selected items relating to the industry. The questionnaire has been designed to facilitate the reporting of the data on a quality and timely basis by the respondents and also to facilitate the rapid accumulation of the data upon receipt of all the questionnaires. Follow-up procedures are conducted mainly by telephone approximately two weeks following the reference period and are normally carried out with the company official responsible for the completion of the form. A request to obtain the data over the telephone is put forward to the official and is usually successful thus eliminating the time loss awaiting the report by mail. Having the use of direct telephone lines to most cities enhances greatly the ease and success rate of the follow-up of the outstanding survey reports resulting in the statistics being available to the users on a timely basis.

Sampling

This survey is a census with a cross-sectional design.

This methodology does not apply.

Error detection

The survey is reviewed annually to ensure that the terminology and units of measure are still relevant.

Estimation

This methodology type does not apply to this statistical program.

Quality evaluation

Very good with approximately 100% coverage.

Disclosure control

Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects that could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Various confidentiality rules are applied to all data that are released or published to prevent the publication or disclosure of any information deemed confidential. If necessary, data are suppressed to prevent direct or residual disclosure of identifiable data.

In order to prevent any data disclosure, confidentiality analysis is done using the Statistics Canada Generalized Disclosure Control System (G-Confid). G-Confid is used for primary suppression (direct disclosure) as well as for secondary suppression (residual disclosure). Direct disclosure occurs when the value in a tabulation cell is composed of or dominated by few enterprises while residual disclosure occurs when confidential information can be derived indirectly by piecing together information from different sources or data series.