Residential Telephone Service Survey - December 2013 (RTSS)

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Residential Telephone Service (RTS)

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_R01

Your household has been randomly selected to participate in the Residential Telephone Service Survey. It is a short, voluntary survey. Given that Statistics Canada conducts many surveys over the phone, it is very important for us to know the different types of telephone services used by Canadian households. Your answers are collected under the authority of the Statistics Act and will be kept confidential.

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q01

Including cell phones for business use, [do you/does anyone in your household] currently have an active cell phone? Please include smartphones such as "iPhone", "BlackBerry", "Android", and "Windows".

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q02A

How many active cell phones [do you/do the members of your household] have?

  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 15
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q02B

Is it used primarily by someone under 15?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q02C

How many of these are used primarily by someone under 15?

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: 15
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q03

[Is this cell phone/Are any of these cell phones] used only for business purposes?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q04

How many (cell phones are only used for business purposes)?

  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 15
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q05

[How/Excluding cell phones, how] many different phone numbers are there in your household? (Include phone numbers that are used for computer, fax or business purposes.)

  • Minimum: 0
  • Maximum: 15
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q06

[Is this phone number/Are any of these phone numbers] used only for computer, fax or business purposes?

  • 1: Yes
  • 2: No
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q07

How many (phone numbers are used only for computer, fax or business purposes)?

  • Minimum: 1
  • Maximum: 15
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Residential Telephone Service (RTS) - Question identifier:RTS_Q08

[What/Excluding cell phones, what other] type of telephone service do you have in your household? Is it...?

  • 1: A regular landline phone service
  • 2: A phone service from a cable television provider
  • 3: A phone service over the Internet with a unique number (Voice over Internet Protocol -VoIP - )
  • 4: Other - Specify
  • 8: Refusal
  • 9: Don't know

Statement of linkage (CSL)

Statement of linkage (CSL) - Question identifier:CSL_R01

Statistics Canada will combine your responses from this survey with information from the Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada may also add information from other survey or administrative data sources.

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