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Assignment 5 - Final Data Report

This is the comparison of parental child care expenses in BC between any number of hours per week in main child care   Child care   costs in British Columbia have been above national average across Canada and become not affordable for parents.   This has been backed up by the chart above showing that the average cost for parents for any number of hours per week for main child care arrangement has reached $7,240 annually, while the child care cost for 30 hours or more per week for main child care arrangement reached $9,618 per year.         Child care has been a hot issue for many decades because of the limited space in daycare and the increasing price for child care service. This has caused inconvenience and pain to parents in BC because they find it difficult to find a spot for their children while they need to work. In addition to that, even if there is a space available, parents will also find it challenging to afford it.   The char...

Assignment 4 - Data Update 3

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  1 Chart     Source Credit: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=4210005301     2 Unanswered Question   With the current data, I cannot answer the question: Is child care affordable in Canada?     3 How would you get the data?   In order to answer the question, I may need the data on Canadian family expenses. I believe Statistics Canada may have this type of data. I will ask for it from Statistics Canada.  

Assignment 3 - Data Update 2

  1 . Lead Before and after school care in Canada is greatly needed to meet the needs of parents. 2.  Excel Workbook Link and Explanation https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GJvJT5mjQ_jkXARQsxP_lKyqW5lHCkP-uLQ8-85fTqA/edit#gid=2134730514 The spreadsheet contains the raw data and the small slice data showing the fact that the majority of parents do not have access to the before and after care in Canada. 3.  Original Dataset Link https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/42-25-0002/2023001/2022/2022-CSV.zip 4.  News Story Link and Brief Summary   Ontario parent groups call for more funding for after-school programs amid rising cost of living   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-parents-calling-on-province-for-increased-after-school-care-funding-1.7000141 This news article discusses both the urgent need to solve the problem of the lack of the before and after school care and the solution to the issue by providing more funding on the before and after ...

JRNL 3165: Data Update 1

  1. What data set will you use for your final report? (title of your data   set, include a link to it and claim it at the URL above). Title: Characteristics of c hild c are   centres serving children aged 0 to 5 in Canada, 2021 to 2022 URL: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2023003/article/00001-eng.htm 2.  Describe the data set. What kind of data does it contain? This data set discusses about the characteristics of child care centres that serve children who are aged 0 to 5 in Canada from year 2021 to 2022. It provides data on child care centres in Canada in terms of geographic locations, type of care services, type of license, auspice (for-profit or not-for-profit), services provided (full-time, part-time, before/after-school care, evenings, weekends, overnights or flexible drop-in), enrolment, staffing situation, and mean hourly rate for child care staff. 3. Is there anything about your data that you don’t understand? (i.e. what a column heading means...

Data Viz Analysis Assignment

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  URL to the original visualization https://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/ng-interactive/2017/jun/20/young-voters-class-and-turnout-how-britain-voted-in-2017   This data visualization has done a good job in illustrating how young voters in Britain gave the Labor Party a big advance in the general election. In the visualization, it is clear to us that the age factor played a significant part in the election in Britain in 2017. By dividing the population into age groups from 18 to 65+, the visualization has demonstrated the voting information of different age groups in the UK, as well as their voting preferences, namely, Labor, Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, and UKip. By looking at it, we can easily distinguish which age group was the most significant to each Party because there was a clear signal of increase or decrease on the votes. For instance, the age group 18-24 has voted for Labor, with the increase from around 42% in 2015 to over 60% in 2017. With this feature...