Ontario Material Deprivation Survey (OMDS)

Dataset Information
Name  Ontario Material Deprivation Survey (OMDS)
UUID  47d05ff5-d9de-4479-8026-1dcfac2c0d44
Site  Statistics Canada - Research Data Centres
Region  Ontario
Description  The Ontario Material Deprivation Survey (OMDS) was conducted on behalf of the Ontario Government to inform the Government of Ontario's poverty reduction plan. Specifically, the survey was designed to produce estimates of the incidence of missing two or more items (out of ten) for Ontario and various geographic subgroups, at the individual level, as well as for the estimation of indicators necessary for computing a Material Deprivation Index.
Format  None
Purpose  The purpose of the survey is to develop indicators to gauge the ability of families to satisfy basic material needs such as food, clothing, housing as well as social needs of participation and leisure.
Scope  The target population is composed of Ontario economic families, excluding persons living on Indian reserves or in military barracks, and persons who had been living in an institution for more than six months. The targeted respondent was a family member 15+ years of age who was the most knowledgeable person in the family to answer the survey. In the event that there were multiple economic families in one household, the OMDS randomly selected one of these
Data Level  Individual
Collection Period  01/01/2009-12/31/2009
Last Updated 2023-11-28