Canadian College Student Survey, 2004 [Canada]

The Canadian College Student Survey was conducted by the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation to provide data on student finances in Canada. The primary objective of the survey was to track the expenses and income of students on a monthly basis, in order to profile the financial circumstances of Canadian students and the adequacy of available funding. The survey will allow the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation to understand the financial circumstances of students who are in a post- secondary environment on an annual basis. This research is a joint effort of the Foundation, all participating colleges and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). The survey collects data on college students' income, expenditures and use of time. The survey is unique in that it provides national-level information on the challenges Canadian college students face in terms of financial and access issues. The objectives of the research are to: provide national-level data on s tudent access; time use and financing for Canadian college students from participating colleges; identify issues particular to certain learner groups and/or regions; and provide each institution with top-line survey results (based on representative samples of their students); which may then be compared against the \"national average\". In January 2003, the Foundation engaged Prairie Research Associates (PRA) Inc. to oversee this research. This dataset was freely received from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. Some work was required for the variable and value labels, and missing values. They were corrected as best as possible with the documentation received. Caution should be used with this dataset as some variables are lacking information.加拿大大学生调查由加拿大千禧奖学金基金会（Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation）发起，旨在采集加拿大学生财务状况相关数据。本次调查的核心目标为按月追踪学生的开支与收入情况，以此刻画加拿大大学生的财务处境及现有资助的充足性。本调查可帮助加拿大千禧奖学金基金会按年度了解专上教育阶段学生的财务状况。本研究由该基金会、所有参与院校及加拿大社区学院协会（Association of Canadian Community Colleges, ACCC）联合开展。调查内容涵盖大学生的收入、开支及时间使用情况。该调查的独特之处在于，其可提供国家级层面的、关于加拿大大学生所面临的财务与入学机会相关挑战的信息。本研究的目标包括：为参与调查的加拿大大学生提供国家级层面的学生入学机会、时间使用及财务状况相关数据；识别特定学习者群体及/或地区特有的问题；并为各院校提供基于本校学生代表性样本的核心调查结果，以便与"全国平均水平"进行对比。2003年1月，该基金会委托草原研究联合公司（Prairie Research Associates, PRA）负责本研究的监管工作。本数据集由加拿大千禧奖学金基金会无偿提供。针对变量与数值标签及缺失值，需进行一定处理；依托现有接收的文档资料，已尽可能完成修正。使用本数据集时需谨慎，因部分变量存在信息缺失情况。