Adult Training Survey (ATS)

Detailed information for January 1984 to December 1985

The Adult Training Survey (ATS) is the second in a series of surveys designed to measure adults' participation in education and training.

Data release - 1988

• Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s)
• Description
• Data sources and methodology

Description

The Adult Training Survey (ATS) is the second in a series of surveys designed to measure adults' participation in education and training.

In the first survey of the series, the Adult Education Survey (AES) which was conducted in 1984, the term "training" was not explicitly used. This resulted in a serious under-representation of training events.

The focus of this survey, the Adult Training Survey (ATS), was explicitly limited to training and education for work or employment, leading to a serious under-representation of other learning events. The survey also extended the reference period from 12 months to 24 months and the survey limited the target population to those between 16 and 65.

Reference period: 1984 and 1985

Subjects

• Adult education and training
• Education, training and learning

Data sources and methodology

Target population

Civilian household members 17 to 65 years of age, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Indian reserves.

Sampling

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

Data sources

Data collection for this reference period: 1986-02-17 to 1986-02-22

Responding to this survey is voluntary.

Data are collected directly from survey respondents.

The survey is a Labour Force Survey (record number 3701) supplement, using 5 rotation groups. Contact is made by telephone and the questions are asked after the Labour Force Survey is completed when the selected respondent is available. When the respondent is not available, then a suitable time is arranged to call back. There will be three call backs.

View the Questionnaire(s) and reporting guide(s) .

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.