The global and the local: precautionary behaviors in the realms of crime, health, and home safety

Open accessExpressions of anxieties are examined in the realms of crime, health and home safety. We consider protective behaviours that individuals undertake in each of these realms as potential outlets for the expression of anxiety; the way in which elements of social context such as age, education and income, and biographical factors including past experiences, perceived control, and anxieties about future events contribute to protective behaviours within each realm is examined. Findings indicate different factors drive precautionary behaviours for men and women, suggesting gender as a lens through which precautionary behaviours are taken up. Global anxiety inconsistently predicts precautionary behaviours — a finding that questions both the utility of and the theoretical significance of global anxiety. Local (individual) negative experiences within these realms play an important role in predicting preventative behaviour, although the impact of negative experiences among the realms and between the sexes is inconsistent. Light is shed on the relationship between global anxieties and local expressions suggesting that behaviour may have a far more local element than might be expected.Ye

Perceived risk of victimization: a Canadian perspective

Bibliography: p. 120-131

Personal crime precautions in Canada (1993-2004): an exploration

Bibliography: p. 201-21

Using Stata with Statistics Canada data: Incorporating complex survey design into analysis

Most Statistics Canada data are based on surveys with complex survey designs. To allow users to account for the survey design in their analyses, Statistics Canada generally provides both a probability weight and a set of survey bootstrap weights in the survey data files. This presentation will give an overview of how to use the survey commands in Stata to account for the complex survey design using the weights and bootstrap weights provided. It will also give some practical advice on using these elements with various surveys and some of the pitfalls to avoid.

Gambling in context : the socio-cultural domain

This literature review is organized upon the basis of the gambling event model, with a discussion first of the precursors to gambling, gambling activity itself, followed by a discussion of the aftermath or outcome of gambling activities. Each of these sections is accompanied by a similarly-labeled section in the annotated bibliography which follows this summary. It must be noted that in the interests of brevity, not all the literature included in the bibliography is addressed here. Rather, only selected highlights appear here. We urge readers to consider the annotated bibliography itself to gain the greatest appreciation of the range of included references. At the end of our discussion, we briefly introduce the websites included in the bibliography, as well as highlight the contributions of our list of experts to the study of gambling in North America

Understanding the mental health trends of Canadian public safety personnel and healthcare professionals, relative to the general population, over the last 10 years (2013-present): A narrative synthesis and evidence map.

Review question: How has the incidence of work-related mental health concerns (major depression/anxiety, PTSD, suicide, suicide ideation, substance abuse, burnout, psychological resilience) in Canadian public safety personnel and health care professionals, changed over the past 10 years