General Social Survey, Cycle 20, [Canada] 2006: Family Transitions

The General Social Survey (GSS) program gathers data on social subjects in order to monitor changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians over time and to provide immediate information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest. Cycle 20 of the General Social Survey (GSS) is the fourth cycle to collect detailed information on family life in Canada. The previous GSS cycles that collected family data were Cycles 5, 10 and 15. Topics include demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and marital status ; family origin of parents ; departure from the parental home ; marriages of respondent ; common-law unions of respondent ; fertility and family intentions ; birth and adoption ; child custody ; financial support agreement or arrangement for children and ex-spouse/partner ; social networks ; work-family balance and family functioning ; work history and maternity and paternity leave. The GSS also gathered data on the respondent'smain activity and other socio-demographic characteristics.通用社会调查（General Social Survey，GSS）项目旨在收集社会领域相关数据，以长期追踪加拿大人生活状况与福祉的变迁，并为当前或受关注的新兴社会政策议题提供即时参考信息。本项目第20轮调查是加拿大第4次针对家庭生活开展详细信息采集的调查周期，此前采集家庭相关数据的GSS调查轮次为第5、10、15轮。本次调查的主题涵盖人口统计学特征（包括年龄、性别与婚姻状况）、父母原籍、离开原生家庭的经历、受访者的婚姻状况、事实婚姻关系、生育意愿与家庭计划、生育与收养行为、子女监护权、子女及前配偶/伴侣的经济赡养协议或安排、社会网络、工作与家庭平衡及家庭功能运作、工作经历以及产假与陪产假。此外，本次GSS还采集了受访者主要活动及其他社会人口统计学特征相关数据。