Residential Telephone Service Survey November, 1997 [Canada]

The Residential Telephone Service Survey (RTSS) has been conducted since the fall of 1996. The RTSS monitors residential phone penetration rates. Initially, the survey was sponsored by Bell Canada to assess reasons why certain households did not have telephone service. Later, with the increased popularity of cellular phones, the focus of the survey switched to the types of telephone service used by households. Survey results will be used by statisticians to calculate chances of reaching households by telephone.

住宅电话服务调查（Residential Telephone Service Survey，RTSS）自1996年秋季起开展至今，主要用于监测住宅电话普及率。最初，该调查由加拿大贝尔（Bell Canada）赞助，旨在探究部分家庭未安装固定电话的原因。后续随着移动电话的普及度不断提升，调查的研究重点转向了家庭所使用的各类电话服务类型。统计学家可借助本次调查的结果，测算通过电话联系到家庭的概率。