Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging - 2008-2009

The survey includes information on the health of Canadians aged 45 and
over by examining the various factors that impact healthy aging, such as
general health and well-being, physical activity, use of health care
services, social participation, as well as work and retirement
transitions 

FILE NAMES AND SIZES

The following files can be accessed with your file manager.

PUMF Survey data Name 										     Size

ASCII File ..............................................................................HS.txt 22,486 KB

SAS ® Files Name 										     Size

PUMF Format .............................................................................HS_fmt.sas 16 KB
PUMF Input ..............................................................................HS_i.sas 24 KB
PUMF Labels in English* .................................................................HS_lbe.sas 52 KB
PUMF Labels in French* ..................................................................HS_lbf.sas 52 KB
PUMF Proc Format in English .............................................................HS_pfe.sas 133 KB
PUMF Proc Format in French...............................................................HS_pff.sas 133 KB
Program to read, label and format the ASCII format
data file into SAS format ...............................................................Readfile.sas 2 KB

SPSS ® Files Name 										     Size

PUMF Input ............................................................................. HS_i.sps 17 KB
PUMF Value Labels in English ........................................................... HSvale.sps 430 KB
PUMF Value Labels in French ............................................................ HSvalf.sps 430 KB
PUMF Variable Labels in English* ....................................................... HSvare.sps 49 KB
PUMF Variable Labels in French* ........................................................ HSvarf.sps 49 KB
PUMF missing values .................................................................... HSmiss.sps 49 KB

Program to read, label and format the ASCII format
data file into SPSS format ............................................................ Readfile.sps 2 KB

* SAS ® and SPSS ® label files have an electronic version of the variable name and the
concept field from the data dictionary. The concept field in some variables has been shortened
for use as a SAS or SPSS variable label.

SPSS Users
The ASCII (text) files contain decimal points coded in the data. The decimal symbol on your 
system MUST be the dot.

Documentation

CCHS_HA_User_Guide.pdf		 User Guide (PDF)                    - detailed information on the survey, its methodology, and data usage
CCHS_HA_Questionnaire.pdf	 Questionnaire (PDF)                 - comprehensive CCHS questionnaire
CCHS_HA_Data_dictionary.pdf	 Data Dictionary (PDF)               - concepts, universes, categories and frequencies for each content
CCHS_HA_Derived_variables.pdf	 Derived and Grouped Variables (PDF) - detailed specifications
CCHS_HA_Alphabetic_index.pdf	 Alphabetic Index (PDF)              - lists variables alphabetically by name, for each content
CCHS_HA_Topical_index.pdf	 Topical Index (PDF)                 - lists variables by topic for each content
CCHS_HA_Record_layout.pdf	 Record Layout (PDF)                 - lists variables as they appear in the microdata file
CVTab_E.pdf			 CV Tables (PDF)                     - Approximate Sampling Variability Tables (see User Guide) for each content
Microdata_license_agreement.pdf	 Microdata License Agreement.pdf
QUALIT_E.pdf			 Quality assurance guidelines
FILES_E.pdf			 FILE NAMES AND SIZES