Displaced Workers Survey - 1986 (dws)

SPONSOR:	Employment and Immigration Canada

SAMPLE SIZE:	Persons 20 years of age and over in rotation groups 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

SURVEY OBJECTIVES:

The information obtained from the Survey of Displaced Workers will provide:

1. the number of workers affected by job displacements and the                                         reasons for job cutbacks or elimination of shifts;

2. the pattern of stability of employment within certain industries and occupations;

3. measurement of the impact of job displacement such as the period of time a person
   is without work between jobs and whether it was necessary for persons to relocate in
   order to find other work;

4. information on insurance benefits and training following job
   displacements.



DIRECTORY 1986

FILENAME       TYPE    DESCRIPTION
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Readdws86.txt    A     Content

dws86dat1.zip    B     zipped micro data file (unzipped 12,206,600)
                       lrecl = 173, #records = 69752

dws86v2.sps       A     SPSS file
dws86rcl.sas     A     SAS record layout

dws86cbk.pdf     B     Codebook in pdf format
dws86cbk.doc     B     Codebook in MS Word format

dws86que.pdf     B     Questionnaire in pdf format
dws86vt.pdf      B     Variance Tables