Directory: Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.2 

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IMPORTANT: The zip archive in the data directory contains the complete contents
of the most recent CD release from Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) and addresses
several errors that appeared in the previously issued product. 

Note regarding 24 hour recall data:
The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), Cycle 2.2 24 hour recall data will 
not be available through the DLI. According to the CCHS team: "Releasing these food 
item level data would result in third party disclosure which is not allowed under 
the Statistics Act.  We have investigated this issue within Statistics Canada and 
we are unable to mask the brand names without compromising data quality. University 
researchers (staff and students) can access the detailed food and supplement 
files in the Research Data Centres."

The focus of the CCHS, cycle 2.2 is on nutrition. Conducted in 2004, it is the first 
survey to provide national nutrition data since the Nutrition Canada Survey was 
carried out over 30 years ago. The target population includes individuals, 
ages 0 and older, living in households in the 10 provinces. It also includes an 
oversampling of off-reserve aboriginal populations, ages 19 - 50 years. Those 
living in the territories, Indian Reserves, Canadian Forces Bases, prisons, 
care facilities and some remote areas are excluded.

The CCHS 2.2 data will be released in 2 waves. The wave 1 release 
occurred on July 6, 2005 and included the following data;
Physical Activity (respondents aged 12 years and older) 
Sedentary Activity (respondents aged 12 - 17 years) 
Children's Physical Activity (respondents aged 6 - 11 years) 
Self Reported Height and Weight (10% of respondents aged 18 years and older) 
Measured Height and Weight (respondents aged 2 years and older)
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption (respondents aged 6 months and older) 
Food Security 
Chronic Conditions (includes osteoporosis for respondents aged 50 years and older) 
Women's Health 
Smoking 
Alcohol
General Health 
Socio-Demographics 
Labour Force 
Income 
Household Demographics
Reports include Adult obesity in Canada: Measured height and weight and 
Overweight Canadian children and adolescents and Data tables on sedentary 
activity (12 - 17 years), children's physical activity (6 - 11 years), 
BMI (2 - 17 years, 18 years and over) and level of household food insecurity
Wave 2 release, expected in late fall (now in the DLS Archive) 2005 will 
contain data on: 
Food and Nutrient Intakes - gathered using a one-day 24-Hour Dietary 
Recall and sub-sample repeat
Vitamin and Mineral Supplements.

RF
6 Sept.05
RA
Updated CD version
March 1, 2006