General Social Survey cycle 17: (gssc17) Social Engagement in Canada - 2003

Abstract: 

Cycle 17 of the GSS is the first cycle to collect detailed information
on social engagement in Canada. Topics include social contact with
friends and relatives, unpaid help given and received, volunteering and
charitable giving, civic engagement, political engagement, religious
participation, trust and reciprocity. 

The target population for Cycle 17 of the GSS is all persons 15 years of
age and older in Canada, excluding residents of the Yukon, Northwest
Territories and Nunavut, and full-time residents of institutions. 

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 SAS/SPSS received from Author Division may produce errors		
 due to the fact value and format names used may be longer	
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SURVEY STRUCTURE FOR THE DLI COLLECTION
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File(s) Prefix

gss       :  General Social Survey
  c17     :  cycle 17.........Social Engagement in Canada
    dat   :  Data File
     gid  :  Documentation and User's Guide
     que  :  Questionnaire
     rcl  :  Record Layout

File(s) Suffix (extension)

.pdf  :  Adobe Acrobat
.zip  :  WinZip compressed file(s)

.sas  :  SAS  code
.sps  :  SPSS code  

.txt  :  Text file(s)

NOTE:  - file(s) with extension
         ..pdf, .zip are Binary and .sas, .sps, .txt are Ascii
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Directory Structure:  /dli/gss/cycle17-2003
                      /dli/gss/cycle17-2003/data
                      /dli/gss/cycle17-2003/doc

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DATA FILE(S):
DIRECTORY:   /dli/gss/cycle17-2003/data


description		filename		 type		size 


compressed Main file	gssc17dat.zip              b        25,474,496

uncompressed Main file	gssc17dat.txt	   
	            	      2,337   Maximum line length
        	   	     24,951   Line feeds
      			 58,360,389   Total number of characters

gssc17bootvar_draft.zip  Variance estimation using bootstrap weights (DRAFT VERSION 1)

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DOCUMENTATION:
DIRECTORY:  /dli/gss/cycle17-2003/doc

filename            		Format        Description

gssc17gid-version2.pdf       		B	User's Guide
gssc17que.pdf         		        B	Questionnaire
gssc17rcl.txt  			        A  	Record Layout 
gssc17-version2.sas	     		A  	SAS Code 
gssc17-version2.sps     		A  	SPSS Code 


esgc17gid-version2.pdf       		B	French User's Guide
esgc17que.pdf         	         	B	French Questionnaire
esgc17rcl.txt                           A       French Record Layout 
esgc17-version2.sas    	 		A  	French SAS Code 
esgc17-version2.sps     		A  	French SAS Code