1996 Census Public Use Microdata File (PUMF) - Individuals

The following is a general description of the contents of the CD-ROM.

The PUMF data file is named 'indiv.dat' and is stored on the root directory of the CD-ROM.  
A smaller test file named 'testind.dat' is available and is also on the root directory.

Note     : Type B is Binary; Type A is Ascii

ROOT                      1996 Census PUMF Data File(s)
|  indiv.zip             B 1996 Census PUMF File - Individuals
|                           188,602,624  uncompress data file
|                                   236  Maximum line length
|                               792,448  Line feeds
|                   
|
|  testind.dat           A  Test 1996 Census PUMF File - Individuals     
|                                73,780 data file
|                                   236 Maximum line length
|                                   310 Line feeds
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|----ACROINST             Adobe Acrobat installation options
|      AR16E30.EXE       B Adobe Acrobat English for Win 3.n systems
|      AR16F30.EXE       B Adobe Acrobat French for Win 3.n systems
|      AR32E30.EXE       B Adobe Acrobat English for Win 95/98/NT systems
|      AR32E30.EXE       B Adobe Acrobat French for Win 95/98/NT systems
|
|----ENGLISH              English Documents 
|    |----DOC            B User Documentation (PDF version)
|    |     |----RTF.etc  B User Documentation (RTF version)
|    |     |----WORD.etc B User Documentation (MS-Word version)
|    |----SAS-SPSS       A SAS and SPSS command files
|
|----FRANCAIS             French Documents
     |----DOC            B User Documentation (PDF version)
     |     |----RTF.etc  B User Documentation (RTF version)
     |     |----WORD.etc B User Documentation  (MS-Word version)
     |----SAS-SPSS       A SAS and SPSS command files

Documents 

Part01A      Table of Contents                      
Part01B      List of Tables                      
Part02       Introduction                      
Part03A      Record Layout                       
Part03B.xls  Record Layout                     
Part04       Chapter II.  Description of Variables                    
Part05       PROVP - Field 1                     
Part06       Chapter III.  Sampling Method and Data Quality                    
Part07       Chapter IV.   Other Factors Affecting Data Reliability                     
Part08       Appendix A.  Economic and Census Family Membership and Family Status                      
Part09.xls   Appendix B.  Data Quality Factors for the Individuals File                    
Part10       How to Get Help                       
Part11       Other Related Products                        
Part12       Bibliography                      
qualeng.xls  WORKSHEET FOR QUALITY OF ESTIMATES