Posted in Labour, Statistical Methods on Jan 21st, 2011
Question A researcher here would like to know if the visible minority variable, available in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) master file, could be made available in the PUMF. If the main issue is sample size, could it at least be available at the national level? Answer The division that produces this [...]
Posted in Labour, Population and Demography on Jan 14th, 2011
Question I am looking for the number of engineers and geoscientists working in businesses with less than 5 employees in Alberta (most recent number available). If you have any suggestions, I would appreciate the help. Thank-you. Answer This information unfortunately doesn’t seem to be readily available in a recent StatCan standard aggregated data product. Occupation [...]
Posted in Updates on Jan 14th, 2011
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) 2008 – Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) The Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) for the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) 2008 is now available on the DLI FTP and website. “The cross-sectional public-use microdata file for the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) is a [...]
Posted in Labour on Mar 13th, 2009
Question Two researchers here at York, using the pumfs from the 2006 SLID, have reported problems with the syntax files in SPSS and SAS. Both are receiving error messages for missing value specifications. I am not very familiar with these applications and don’t know how to help. Any suggestions would be very welcome. Answer The [...]
Posted in Labour on Feb 27th, 2009
Question Two researchers here at York, using the pumfs from the 2006 SLID, have reported problems with the syntax files in SPSS and SAS. Both are receiving error messages for missing value specifications. I am not very familiar with these applications and don’t know how to help. Any suggestions would be very welcome. Answer The [...]
Question I have a student wondering when the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for 2006 will be released. I checked the Products Release page and we were supposed to get it in Dec 2008, but it is not on the DLI FTP site. Answer The 2006 PUMF was released on January 13th, 2009, [...]
Posted in Aboriginal Peoples, Ethnic Diversity and Immigration on Dec 5th, 2008
Question The Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics appears to collect information on ethnicity and Aboriginal Peoples, but this information does not seem to be in the PUMF. Could someone confirm if this is a confidentiality issue, and if so, would this aspect of SLID be available in the RDCs? Thanks in advance for any [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth, Updates on Oct 22nd, 2008
Question Unless I’m mistaken and, of course that is always a strong possibility, I don’t see SLID 2006 available through DLI yet. Is it coming soon? Answer The 2006 SLID PUMF should be available in December 2008: http://dissemination.statcan.ca/english/Dli/pumfdates.htm
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth, Updates on May 11th, 2007
Income Trends in Canada is an extensive collection of income statistics, covering topics such as income distribution, income tax, government transfers, and low income. The data are drawn from two household surveys: the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) and the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF). Data since 1996 are taken from SLID, while [...]
Posted in Income, Pensions, Spending and Wealth on Apr 17th, 2007
Question With regard to the SLIDs 2003 persons file, what does code 10 mean for the variable ‘reawpt1′ (reason for part-time work)? According to the variable description, no such value should exist, but there are in fact quite a few observations with that value. Answer The code is defined in the data dictionary : http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/75F0026XIE/75F0026XIE2005001.htm [...]