Residential Telephone Service Survey December, 2004 [Canada]

A sample of approximately 42,000 respondents is used for this survey (five out of six rotation groups). The survey data are collected using Computer Assisted Interviewing (CAI). The first data collection procedure took place during Novembers LFS week in 1996. This microdata file is prepared biannually and contains the variables from the survey, plus geographical variables from the LFS (province, census metropolitan area, urban/rural breakdown). No other variables from the LFS are added to the file. <br> Concern had been expressed in 1996 that the mechanism for monitoring penetration rates was not adequate in providing timely results to indicate whether Canadian penetration rates fall as a result of increases in local rates. At that time, data on penetration rates were available from the Household Facilities and Equipment Survey (HFE) but only on an annual basis. Given the changes that were and will be occurring in the basic residential telephone rates, an annual survey was not adequate to accurately reflect the impact that these changes are having on Canadian telephone subscribership. <br> The latest Residential Telephone Service Survey (RTSS) was conducted by Statistics Canada in December 2004 with the cooperation and support of Bell Canada. There are two main objectives which Bell Canada has outlined. They are: (I) to collect information on penetration rates across Canada (and make them available by province); (ii) to collect information on non-subscriber characteristics.

本次调查采用约42000名受访者的样本（六组轮换组中的五组）。调查数据通过计算机辅助访谈（Computer Assisted Interviewing，CAI）采集。首次数据采集工作于1996年11月的劳动力调查（Labour Force Survey，LFS）周开展。本微观数据文件每半年编制一次，包含调查所得变量，以及来自LFS的地理变量（省份、人口普查都会区、城乡分类），未纳入该调查的其他变量。
1996年已有观点提出，当前的渗透率监测机制无法及时提供有效结果，以判断加拿大电话渗透率是否因本地费率上调而下滑。彼时，仅可通过家庭设施与设备调查（Household Facilities and Equipment Survey，HFE）获取渗透率的年度数据。鉴于住宅基础电话费率已发生且将持续出现诸多变动，年度调查已无法准确反映这些变化对加拿大电话用户保有量的影响。
最新一期住宅电话服务调查（Residential Telephone Service Survey，RTSS）由加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）于2004年12月开展，获得了加拿大贝尔（Bell Canada）的协作与支持。加拿大贝尔明确了两项核心调查目标：其一，采集加拿大全国范围内的渗透率相关信息，并按省份发布数据；其二，采集非订阅用户的特征信息。