Posted in Reference on Apr 13th, 2011
Dear DLI Contacts, Join us on Tuesday, April 19th for an online DLI webinar on the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) – Healthy Aging ! Senior analysts from Statistics Canada’s Health Statistics Division will discuss the survey’s background, themes, data file structure and data uses and will be available to answer your questions about the [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Crime and Justice on Apr 13th, 2011
Question Hello, We would like to request information please on the GSS 23 microdata files and also have one question about comparability with the GSS 18. I have been assured by a researcher, in communication with the CCHS, that since cycle 18, when it was covered as a pilot – http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85f0033m/85f0033m2006011-eng.htm , the North has [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning on Apr 13th, 2011
Hello, Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey (FIUC) – 2009-2010 CAUBO data 2009-2010 Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO) data files for the Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey are now available on the DLI FTP and website. “The Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO) provides financial data on the major [...]
Posted in Updates on Apr 8th, 2011
Hello, Canadian Travel Survey (CTS) – 2003 – documentation Questionnaires and instructions to interviewers for the Canadian Travel Survey 2003 are now available on the DLI FTP and website. A copy of the Canadian Travel Survey Microdata User’s Guide has also been added. The author division has indicated that this user guide applies to the [...]
Question How can a researcher access CCHS 2009/2010 data if the PUMF isn’t yet released? Would they need to go through an RDC if the PUMF isn’t released? Answer The CCHS 2009/2010 PUMF is scheduled to be released in September 2011 (please note that this is a tentative date). This PUMF therefore won’t be available [...]
Posted in International Trade, Updates on Apr 6th, 2011
Hello, International Merchandise Trade Data by Commodity Classification International Merchandise Trade Data by Commodity Classification data for 2010 are now available on the DLI FTP and website. Revised data for 2008 and 2009 have also been added. This was a scheduled revision. The files export2008dat-revised.zip, import2008dat-revised.zip, meta2008dat-revised.zip have been replaced by B465N005_200812-ver2.zip The files export2009dat-revised.zip, [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Health on Apr 6th, 2011
Question I am looking for the rate of diabetes, suicide rate, and addiction rates for the indigenous peoples of the Tsuu T’ina Nation near Calgary, AB. Please let me know where I can find these rates. Answer Health Canada has produced “Acting On What We Know: Preventing Youth Suicide in First Nations” http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/pubs/promotion/_suicide/prev_youth-jeunes/index-eng.php Statistics are [...]
Posted in Updates on Apr 5th, 2011
Hello, 1976 Census – French documentation – New version A new version of the French user guide for the 1976 Census public use microdata file (“Documentation à l’intention des utilisateurs des bandes-échantillons à grande diffusion”) is now available on the DLI FTP site. The bottom of page 87 was missing in the previous version. This [...]
Posted in Education, Training and Learning, Reference on Apr 5th, 2011
Hello, We received the following question off list about the field of study groups in the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) files the DLI receives. We are sharing it through the dlilist as it may be of interest to other DLI contacts. Question I just downloaded PSIS files for a professor. The fields of study [...]
Hello, The following product is now available on the DLI FTP and website. Canadian Community Health Survey – Healthy Aging: Public Use Microdata File 2008-2009 “The public use microdata file (PUMF) from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) – Healthy Aging provides cross-sectional estimates at provincial and national levels. Data are based on interviews with [...]