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General Social Survey (GSS) General Social Survey (GSS) Cycle 17Cycle 17

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ContentContent

1st series 2nd 3rd

Health 1985 (1) 1991 (6)Time Use 1986 (2) 1992 (7) 1998 (12)Victimization 1988 (3) 1993 (8) 1999 (13)

Education, Work and Retirement 1989 (4) 1994 (9)Family 1990 (5) 1995 (10) 2001 (15)Social Support 1985 (1) 1990 (5) 1996 (11)

Access to and Use of InformationCommunication Technology 2000 (14)

GSS Cycle Topics Date of GSS (Cycle No.)

Social Support and AgingTime Use and Social Capital

2002 (16)2003 (17)

series series

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Focus on Time Use and Social Capital

Collection in reference year 2003

Data available in 2004

Focus Testing : February 2002

Pilot Testing: June-July 2002

GSS-17GSS-17

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Sample DesignSample Design

Sample size: 25,000 individuals

Telephone Survey

Random Digit Dialing Methodology

Canada, provinces, urban/rural, CMA

Length of the interview: 30 minutes

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Social CapitalSocial Capital

Relationships, networks and norms that facilitate collective action.

Indicators (behaviour & attitudes)

Predictors and outcomes

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Social Capital Modules Social Capital Modules

Civic Participation (including political engagement)

Social Participation

Diversity of Social Networks

Help Given and Received (Altruism & Reciprocity))

Religious Participation

Trust and Values

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Civic ParticipationCivic Participation

Associational involvement (member, volunteer, donor)

environment, human rights, social welfare, women‘s organizations

Political engagement (voting, current affairs, activism)

letters, petitions, boycotts, public meetings, demonstrations

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Analytic PossibilitiesAnalytic Possibilities

Link political engagement with: trust

confidence in institutions

network diversity (language, ethnicity)

ethnic embeddedness (bonding & bridging ties)

well-being (life satisfaction, health, stress)

continuity (time in present job, neighbourhood)

frequency of contact with relatives, close friends

community characteristics (link with Census)