Nova Scotia Income Deciles by Sex and Geography from 2011 NHS

Government of Nova Scotia provides archived income decile data by sex from the 2011 National Household Survey. The dataset covers multiple geographies including provinces, counties, municipalities, health authorities, and electoral districts. This data is retained for archival purposes and has not been maintained or updated since its release.

Use Cases

• Analyze gender-based income disparities based on income deciles by sex.
• Model regional economic inequality based on geographic coverage of provinces, counties, and municipalities.
• Study correlations between health regions and income levels based on district health authority and community health board geographies.
• Benchmark historical income distribution for policy research based on 2011 National Household Survey data.

Strengths

• Covers multiple geographic levels including 14 distinct types such as provinces, counties, and health authorities.
• Sourced from a national statistical survey, the 2011 National Household Survey.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Data is archived and not maintained; last metadata update is listed as 2026-04-17, but the underlying data is from 2011.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia, sourced from the 2011 National Household Survey.

Collection Method

National household survey.

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Data is from 2011 and archived; not updated.

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada, with data available for provinces, counties, communities, municipalities, district health authorities, and other sub-regions.