Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning, 2002 [Canada]

Statistics Canada was approached by Human Resources Development Canada to conduct a cross sectional survey which would examine how Canadians are preparing their children for postsecondary education. Parents/guardians can participate in several ways. They can pro-actively plan for the financing of their children's postsecondary education by putting aside savings for that purpose and by actively participating in government sponsored mechanisms that facilitate savings for postsecondary education (i.e., Registered Education Savings Plans (RESP), Canada Education Savings Grants (CESG)). They can also prepare in a non-monetary fashion by encouraging, guiding and supporting their children through their early education, thereby laying the groundwork for successful participation in postsecondary education. Since its inception, two surveys have now been completed, the first in 1999 and the second in 2002. Both surveys had substantially the same objectives, however the methodologies differed between the two. In 2002, the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning was restricted to households with children 0 to 18 years of age, and based on one selected child per household. In 1999 the survey was based on as many as three children per household, and was not restricted to households with children between the ages of 0 and 18 only.加拿大人力资源部委托加拿大统计局开展一项横断面调查（cross-sectional survey），旨在探究加拿大人如何为子女接受高等教育做好准备。家长/监护人可通过多种途径参与调研：其一，主动规划子女高等教育的经费筹备，为此专项储蓄，并积极参与政府资助的高等教育储蓄支持机制，例如注册教育储蓄计划（Registered Education Savings Plans, RESP）、加拿大教育储蓄补助金（Canada Education Savings Grants, CESG）；其二，以非货币形式开展准备工作，通过鼓励、引导与支持子女接受早期教育，为其顺利参与高等教育筑牢根基。该调查项目自启动以来，现已完成两轮调研，分别于1999年和2002年开展。两项调查的核心目标基本一致，但二者的调研方法存在差异。2002年版的《教育规划方式调查》（Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning）仅面向拥有0至18岁子女的家庭，且每户仅选取一名子女作为调研对象；而1999年版调查则允许每户选取最多三名子女作为调研对象，且未将调研范围限定于仅覆盖拥有0至18岁子女的家庭。