Directory: General Social Survey. Cycle 20: Family Transitions (2006)
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General Social Survey 2006 - Cycle 20


Cycle 20 of the General Social Survey (GSS) is the fourth cycle to
collect detailed information on family life in Canada. The previous GSS
cycles that collected family data were Cycles 5, 10 and 15. Topics
include demographic characteristics such as age, sex, and marital
status; family origin of parents; departure from the parental home;
marriages of respondent; common-law unions of respondent; fertility and
family intentions; birth and adoption; child custody; financial support
agreement or arrangement for children and ex-spouse/partner; social
networks; work-family balance and family functioning; work history and
maternity and paternity leave. The GSS also gathered data on the
respondent's main activity and other socio-demographic characteristics.
The target population for Cycle 20 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. 

This package was designed to enable users to access and manipulate the microdata
file for the 20th cycle of the family transitions portion of the 2006 General 
Social Survey (GSS). It contains information on the objectives, methodology and
estimation procedures, as well as guidelines for releasing estimates based on 
the survey. Cycle 20 of the GSS collected data from persons aged 15 years and 
older and living in a private households in the 10 Canadian provinces. Cycle 20
concentrated on collecting data about the respondent's family. The topics 
covered include marital history; common-law unions; biological, adopted and 
step-children; family origins; children's home leaving; fertility and family 
intentions; child custody; financial support agreement or arrangement for 
children and ex-spouse/partner; social networks; work-family balance and family
functioning; work history and maternity and paternity leave. The GSS also gathered
data on the respondent's main activity and other socio-demographic characteristics.

Directory:


data:
gssc20.zip                   Data file


doc:
gssc20.sas			SAS syntax file
gssc20.sps			SPSS syntax file


gssc20gid.pdf			User guide
gssc20que.pdf			Questionnaire

Download date: April 8, 2008
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