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• Men's real hourly wage by education, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national men's real hourly wages for all workers by education from 1973 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: workers, income, educational attainment, gender, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Real hourly wage for all by education, 1973-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national real hourly wages for all workers by education from 1973 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: workers, income, educational attainment, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers, 1947-2007 ( More about this ) - Individual data table with data on national hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers from 1947 to 2007 provided by the Economic Policy Institute's State of Working America 2008/2009. Creator: Economic Policy Institute Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: workers, income, occupations, labor (work), jobs Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Sinusoidal modelling of Canada's youth cohorts ( More about this ) - Exercise using census data and statistical software to model the size of the 20-24 year old cohort with the independent variable as the number of years since 1971. The scatter plot fits a sine curve with peaks around 1983 and a second peak around 2010. Helps students understand applications of algebra and the demographic history of Canada. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: North America, demography, birth rates Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• "Linear modelling of the life expectancy of Canadians ( More about this ) - A module, from E-Stats, in which students will calculate the relationship between time and life expectancy in Canada using a linear model. Students should be familiar with y=mx+b linear equations, this module will teach the ways that they can be applied to scatter plots and real data. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: North America, public health, health, mortality Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Canada's immigration patterns, 1955 to Present ( More about this ) - A module, through E-Stats that allows users to generate time plots on immigration flows to Canada from specific areas. Allows students to learn how to use time plots and also teaches them that immigration to Canada is decreasing from Europe while increasing from Asia. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: North America, migration/mobility Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan, Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• E-Stat ( More about this ) - A student data analysis software from Statistics Canada, licensed exclusively for use at schools. The web based software allows students to make charts and tables and preform elementary analysis of Census data. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: North America, demography, census Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: Database Access Rights: Available for Purchase Relevance

• Comparing the food choices and body image of 15-year-olds around the world ( More about this ) - Students compare lifestyles, with a focus on nutrition, between Canada and other countries. Students will use E-Stat, a simple tool from Statistics Canada for making tables and graph and performing elementary work with data. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: health, North America, youths Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Type: Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Life expectancy at birth by health region, 2001 ( More about this ) - Map showing life expectancy in selected regions of Canada (sparsely populated regions are excluded). Life expectancy is coded as significantly lower, significantly higher or not significantly different from the national average of 79.5. Data are correct as of the 2001 census. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: health, public health, mortality, North America Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Map Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Census Families 1921-2006 ( More about this ) - Short flash video , explaining changing trends in families over the course of the censuses between 1921 and 2006 in Canada. Discusses the social and cultural factors that may have lead to demographic changes. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: demography, families, North America Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Movie/Animation Access Rights: Free Access Relevance