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Members who were not on effective strength, were on retirement leave, or were absent
without authority; and
Members who were deployed.
Excluding the above criteria, the target population was approximately 54,000 Reg F members
and 22,000 P Res members out of an overall population of approximately 68,000 Reg F and
27,000 P Res members.
Sampling Procedure
A stratified random sample (stratified by rank group and by Level One (L1) organization) was
used to contact Reg F and P Res members for the YSS. The sample was selected based on 20
strata, defined by four rank groups and five National Defence Headquarters L1 advisors (i.e.,
organizations).
The following list outlines the rank group categories that were used to select the sample for the
YSS. The first rank is the Army and Air Force rank and the second rank is the corresponding
Naval rank.
1. Junior (Jr) Non-Commissioned Members (NCMs): Privates (Aviators)/Ordinary
Seamen/Able Seamen, Corporals/Leading Seamen, and Master Corporals/Master
Seamen;
2. Senior (Sr) NCMs: Sergeants/Petty Officers 2nd Class, Warrant Officers/Petty Officers
1st Class, Master Warrant Officers/Chief Petty Officers 2nd Class, and Chief Warrant
Officers/Chief Petty Officers 1st Class;
3. Jr Officers: Second Lieutenants/Acting Sub-Lieutenants, Lieutenants/Sub-Lieutenants,
and Captains/Lieutenants (N); and
4. Sr Officers: Majors/Lieutenant-Commanders, Lieutenant-Colonels/Commanders,
Colonels/Captains (N), and General Officers/Flag Officers.
The organization (i.e., the National Defence Headquarters L1 advisor) was defined as a senior
official, either civilian or military, who has direct accountability to the Deputy Minister or the
Chief of Defence Staff. The five L1s identified in the YSS were:
1. Canadian Army;
2. Royal Canadian Navy;
3. Royal Canadian Airforce;
4. Chief of Military Personnel; and
5. Other.2
2 The “Other” L1 category included the Vice Chief of Defence Staff (VCDS), Canadian Joint Operations Command
(CJOC), Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM), Canadian Forces Intelligence Command
(CFINTCOM), ADM (Human Resources – Civilian), ADM (Information Management), ADM (Finance and Corporate
Services), ADM (Infrastructure and Environment), ADM (Material), ADM (Policy), ADM (Public Affairs), ADM Science
& Technology, the Judge Advocate General (JAG), and those individuals with missing L1 data in the database used
to select the sample. For the purpose of the analyses presented in Annex A, Chief of Military Personnel was also
included in the “Other” L1 category.
2
The original survey sample consisted of 10,393 CAF personnel (5,823 Reg F and 4,570 P Res
members), of which 10,011 (5,562 Reg F and 4,449 P Res) were available to be contacted. Of
the 10,011 invited members, 3,558 (2,232 Reg F and 1,322 P Res, 4 members did not indicate
their employment status) provided usable data for an overall response rate of 35.5% (40.1% for
Reg F and 29.7% for P Res). A total of 168 respondents did not complete at least one of the
scales and were therefore deleted from the sample, resulting in a final sample size of 3,390.
Weighting Data
Efforts were made to reduce the bias of estimates from coverage errors and non-responses.
Personnel with no work email addresses in the population data were included in the sample,
and efforts were made to find their email addresses using the Forces Global Address List. We
included them to cover more of the target population in our sample, but expected that we would
be unable to reach most personnel with no email address listed in our database.
In order to reduce non-response bias, the weights of survey results were adjusted by taking into
account the response rates of each of the sampling strata (defined by rank and L1). Despite the
adjustment of survey weights, the low response rate for the Spring 2017 YSS remains a
potential source of bias. That is, bias could result from the differences between the attitudes and
opinions of respondents and those of non-respondents.
In this report, best practices established for the YSS were followed, including reporting weighted
results. However, because the information in this letter report will be compared to that from
nations that may not weight attitudinal survey data, unweighted frequencies and percentages,
as requested by the HUM TTCP TP23 UK representative, are also included in Annex A.
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Statement of the TTCP Benchmarking Items
The overall frequencies, unweighted percent (including only the responses to each question),
and weighted percent for each of the 14 TTCP benchmarking items can be found in Annex A
below. Overall results are presented, as well as results by rank (Officer vs. NCM), sex, and by
L1 organization. They are included in this report so they can be combined with the results of the
other TTCP nations in analyses that will be reported to HUM TTCP TP23 in April 2018. Table
one contains the 14 items that are presented in Annex A.
10. The pay and benefits are fair for the work I do.
12. How would you rate the current level of morale in your unit/workplace?
13. How would you rate your current individual level of morale?
Prepared By: Carina Daugherty, MA, DROOD 4-7 (Director Research Operational and
Organizational Dynamics), Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis.
Reviewed By: Gary Ivey, CD, MSc, Director Research Operational and Organizational
Dynamics, Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis.
Director General: Kelly M.J. Farley, CD, PhD, Director General Military Personnel Research
and Analysis.
Date Prepared: 15 November, 2017
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Annex A: 2017 YSS TTCP Benchmarking Results
This Scientific Letter is a publication of Defence Research and Development Canada. The reported results, their interpretation, and
any opinions expressed therein, remain those of the authors and do not necessarily represent, or otherwise reflect, any official
opinion or position of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), Department of National Defence (DND), or the Government of Canada.
In conducting the research described in this report, the investigators adhered to the policies and procedures set out in the Tri-
Council Policy Statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans, National Council on Ethics in Human Research, Ottawa,
2014 as issued jointly by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence, 2017
© Sa Majesté la Reine (en droit du Canada), telle que représentée par le ministre de la Défense nationale, 2017
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Annex A 2017 YSS TTCP Benchmarking Results
Annex A presents the overall TTCP Benchmarking results, as well as the results by Rank
(Officer vs. NCM), by sex, and by Service (Navy, Army, Air Force, and Other).
Table 2. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on satisfaction with “the military way
of life.”
Unweighted Frequency
Reg F 376 220 1633 2229
P Res 118 99 1102 1319
Table 3. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on satisfaction with "the military way
of life.”
7
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 4. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on satisfaction with "the military way
of life.”
8
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 5. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
satisfaction with “the military way of life.”
9
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 6. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on satisfaction with “the way your
career is being managed.”
Unweighted Frequency
10
Table 7. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on satisfaction with "the way your
career is being managed.”
Table 8. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on satisfaction with "the way your
career is being managed.”
11
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 9. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other Level 1 organizations)
on satisfaction with “the way your career is being managed.”
P Res 44 22 96 162
12
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
P Res 68 37 89 194
13
Table 10. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on satisfaction with, “your
opportunities for promotion.”
Unweighted Frequency
Table 11. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on satisfaction with "your
opportunities for promotion."
14
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 12. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on satisfaction with "your
opportunities for promotion."
15
Table 13. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
satisfaction with “your opportunities for promotion.”
P Res 45 25 93 163
16
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 14. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "I am able to maintain a
balance between my personal and working life."
Unweighted Frequency
Table 15. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "I am able to maintain a
balance between my personal and working life."
17
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 16. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "I am able to maintain a
balance between my personal and working life."
18
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 17. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “I am able to maintain a balance between my personal and working life.”
19
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
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Table 18. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "my family supports my
career in the CAF."
Unweighted Frequency
Table 19. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "my family supports my
career in the CAF."
21
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 20. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "my family supports my
career in the CAF."
22
Table 21. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “my family supports my career in the CAF.”
23
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 22. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "I am satisfied with the
leadership provided by my immediate supervisor."
Unweighted Frequency
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Table 23. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "I am satisfied with the
leadership provided by my immediate supervisor."
Table 24. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "I am satisfied with the
leadership provided by my immediate supervisor."
25
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 25. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “I am satisfied with the leadership provided by my immediate supervisor.”
26
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
27
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 26. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "I trust my immediate
supervisor."
Unweighted Frequency
Table 27. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "I trust my immediate
supervisor."
28
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 28. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "I trust my immediate
supervisor."
29
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 29. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “I trust my immediate supervisor.”
30
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 30. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "I have confidence in
the leadership of the CAF."
Unweighted Frequency
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Table 31. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "I have confidence in
the leadership of the CAF."
Table 32. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "I have confidence in the
leadership of the CAF."
32
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 33. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “I have confidence in the leadership of the CAF.”
P Res 29 40 88 157
33
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
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Table 34. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "I am actively looking at
leaving the CAF."
Unweighted Frequency
Table 35. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "I am actively looking at
leaving the CAF."
35
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 36. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "I am actively looking at
leaving the CAF."
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Table 37. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “I am actively looking at leaving the CAF.”
37
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 38. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "the pay and benefits
are fair for the work I do."
Unweighted Frequency
Table 39. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "the pay and benefits
are fair for the work I do."
38
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 40. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "the pay and benefits are
fair for the work I do."
39
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 41. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “the pay and benefits are fair for the work I do.”
40
Response Category Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied Total
Table 42. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "overall, I am satisfied
with my job."
Unweighted Frequency
41
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 43. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "overall, I am satisfied
with my job."
42
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 44. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "overall, I am satisfied
with my job."
Table 45. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “overall, I am satisfied with my job.”
43
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
44
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 46. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "how would you rate the
current level of morale in your unit/workplace?"
Unweighted Frequency
Table 47. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "how would you rate the
current level of morale in your unit/workplace?"
45
Response Category Low Medium High Total
Table 48. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "how would you rate the
current level of morale in your unit/workplace?"
P Res 42 98 85 225
46
Response Category Low Medium High Total
Table 49. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “how would you rate the current level of morale in your workplace?”
P Res 23 62 72 157
P Res 29 86 65 180
47
Response Category Low Medium High Total
Table 50. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "how would you rate
your current individual level of morale?"
Unweighted Frequency
48
Response Category Low Medium High Total
Table 51. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "how would you rate
your current individual level of morale?"
49
Response Category Low Medium High Total
Table 52. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "how would you rate
your current individual level of morale?"
Table 53. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “how would you rate your current individual level of morale?”
50
Response Category Low Medium High Total
P Res 21 55 81 157
P Res 29 69 82 180
51
Response Category Low Medium High Total
Table 54. Frequencies and Percentages (All Respondents) on the item "I am proud to be in the
CAF."
Unweighted Frequency
Table 55. Frequencies and Percentages (Officers vs. NCM) on the item "I am proud to be in the
CAF."
52
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 56. Frequencies and Percentages (Men vs. Women) on the item "I am proud to be in the
CAF."
53
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
Table 57. Frequencies and Percentages (Navy, Army, Air Force, and other L1 organization) on
the item “I am proud to be in the CAF.”
54
Response Category Disagree Neutral Agree Total
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