Canada’s Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) Evaluation: Data Sources

Data Sources

Source Administrative data
Title Income Assistance Records
Tax Records
Unemployment Insurance Records
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Records for 6,000 single-parent households.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected at 18, 36, and 54 months after random assignment.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes Reported response rate: 100%
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Survey
Title Survey
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection 6,000 single-parent households.
Sample of all program and control group members.
Collected at baseline, 18 months, 36 months, and 54 months after random assignment.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes Reported response rate: Exceeds 85%
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Focus Group
Title Group Interviews
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Job takers and non-takers; job losers; and three-year subjects.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.
 
Source Program descriptions and documents
Title Program description information: Field observations,
Baseline information
Sample Characteristics/Data Collection Data collected for all 3,000 welfare recipients in program group.
Sites All sites.
Response Rate/Attrition Notes N/A
Additional Execution Notes No notes reported.