Where to find statistics?

[The-Spark]

Where the hell do i find concrete statistics, like how many people are in poverty in canada and shit like that, where?

[Saint Street Revolution]

Originally posted by The-[email protected] 06, 2007 06:42 pm
Where the hell do i find concrete statistics, like how many people are in poverty in canada and shit like that, where?
I google the word "statistic" followed by a question such as "how many people are in poverty in canada" and it strings together something.

[which doctor]

Go to wikipedia articles about the topic and then look at the sources listed and visit those links.

[Tower of Bebel]

Every western countrie has some sort of a national statistics agency and a website.

NST (Canada) view by subject (http://cansim2.statcan.ca/cgi-win/cnsmcgi.pgm?Lang=E&CORCmd=GetTList&ResultTemplate=Srch1)

[Asstrumpet]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2007 08:51 pm
Every western countrie has some sort of a national statistics agency and a website.

NST (Canada) view by subject (http://cansim2.statcan.ca/cgi-win/cnsmcgi.pgm?Lang=E&CORCmd=GetTList&ResultTemplate=Srch1)
Most country's don't include negative statistics about themselves. I would go with a more neutral source.

[Leo]

CIA World Factbook is a good source of statistics as far as I know.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/th...book/index.html (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cia_world_factbook

[Asstrumpet]

Perhaps I'm crazy, but I don't trust Governments or State Agencies like the CIA for my information.

[Asstrumpet]

This (http://www.ccsd.ca/facts.html), by the way, is a statistic page on poverty in Canada, if that was actually what you were looking for?

[Leo]

Perhaps I'm crazy, but I don't trust Governments or State Agencies like the CIA for my information.

:lol: It's not that you don't have good reason for what you're saying but I'd except they'd be quite honest about the statistics simple because they aren't producing such stuff for imposing bourgeois ideology on proletarians. They are rather providing the bourgeoisie with the official statistics about the situation in different places.

On Canada, for example, the source you provided and the CIA Factbook have used the same source (Low Income Cut-Off).

[Asstrumpet]

Originally posted by Leo [email protected] 06, 2007 09:16 pm

Perhaps I'm crazy, but I don't trust Governments or State Agencies like the CIA for my information.

:lol: It's not that you don't have good reason for what you're saying but I'd except they'd be quite honest about the statistics simple because they aren't producing such stuff for imposing bourgeois ideology on proletarians. They are rather providing the bourgeoisie with the official statistics about the situation in different places.

On Canada, for example, the source you provided and the CIA Factbook have used the same source (Low Income Cut-Off).
I suppose your right. I'm beginnging to fly off the rocker, eh? Conspiracy Theorist to the max.

[Asstrumpet]

"Its the government man, they're gonna say there's less poverty dudes then there really is....dude.....lookk....my hand..." :ph34r: :P

[RedAnarchist]

Nationmaster.com (http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php) could be useful.

[Janus]

Census (http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/home/index.cfm)