Record Layout - RESIDENTIAL TELEPHONE SERVICES SURVEY (0297)

Pos.	Name	Length	Position	Question and variable description	Unweighted	Weighted

@1	PROV	2.	01-02	<10> Newfoundland	1,515 193,695

<11> Prince Edward Island	1,117 50,856

<12> Nova Scotia	2,729 357,437

<13> New Brunswick	2,568 283,506

<24> Quebec	8,225 3,039,542

<35> Ontario	11,581 4,208,896

<46> Manitoba	2,982 432,012

<47> Saskatchewan	2,569 393,063

<48> Alberta	3,018 1,043,107

<59> British Columbia	3,656 1,512,857

@3	CMA	2.	03-04	<00> Non-CMA	27,050 5,060,270

<01> Halifax	650 133,201

<02> Quebec	607 305,919

<03> Montreal	1,671 1,459,586

<04> Ottawa	661 312,762

<05> Toronto	1,925 1,586,682

<06> Kitchener	649 149,758

<07> Hamilton	538 248,051

<08> St. Catharines	552 143,606

<09> London	526 171,485

<10> Windsor	349 107,741

<11> Winnipeg	1,530 286,046

<12> Calgary	662 332,103

<13> Edmonton	840 337,831

<14> Vancouver	1,379 739,860

<15> Victoria	371 140,070

@5	RTSQ01	1.	05	How many different telephone numbers are there

for your residence? (Include cellular phone numbers

and phone numbers used for business).

<1> 0	891 210,356

<2> 1	32,849 9,428,784

<3> 2 or more	6,220 1,875,831

Pos.	Name	Length	Position	Question and variable description	Unweighted	Weighted

@6	RTSQ02	1.	06	Why don't you have a phone?

<1> I cancelled it	53 13,336

<2> Can't afford it	540 127,249

<3> Moved	29 6,962

<4> All other responses	231 53,814

<6> Valid skip	39,069 11,304,615

<7> Don't know	6 1,999

<8> Refused	32 6,996

@7	RTSQ03	1.	07	Why did you cancel it?

<1> Can't afford it	30 7,014

<2> Moved	2 720

<3> All other responses	20 5,411

<6> Valid skip	39,907 11,501,635

<8> Refused	1 190

@8	RTSQ04-1	1.	08	What part of your telephone charges do you find

difficult to afford...

<1> the local basic monthly rate	328 74,162

<6> Valid skip	39,619 11,435,956

<7> Don't know	5 2,361

<8> Refused	8 2,492

@9	RTSQ04_2	1.	09	What part of your telephone charges do you find

difficult to afford...

<2> the installation charge	321 70,991

<6> Valid skip	39,626 11,439,128

<7> Don't know	5 2,361

8> Refused	8 2,492

@10	RTSQ04_3	1.	10	What part of your telephone charges do you find

difficult to afford...

<3> all the other charges including long distance

telephone charges	335 75,358

<6> Valid skip	39,612 11,434,760

<7> Don't know	5 2,361

<8> Refused	8 2,492

Pos.	Name	Length	Position	Question and variable description	Unweighted	Weighted

@11	RTSQ05	1.	11	In 1996, what was your total annual household

income before tax? Was it...

<1> Less than $10,000	2,555 705,985

<2> Between $10,000 and $15,000	4,302 1,100,450

<3> Over $15,000	31,381 9,224,965

<7> Don't know	865 241,162

<8> Refused	857 242,410

@12	WEIGHT	9.4	12-20	Weight - decimal in 5th byte of the field

@21	SIZE CODE 1	1.	21	Size of area of residence....

<1> Urban, population of 500,000 or more	9,813 5 ,608,840

<2> Urban, population of 100,000 - 499,999	9,546 1,830,250

<3> Urban, population of 30,000 - 99,999	3,641 963,335

<4> Urban, population of 15,000 - 29,999	2,194 385,530

<5> Urban, population under 15,000	5,127 972,746

<6> Rural areas	9,639 1,754,269

@22 SIZE CODE 3	3.1	22-24	Size of area of residence.... - used to derive @21

<1.0> Urban, population of 500,000 or more	9,813 5,608,840

<2.0> Urban, population of 100,000 - 499,999	9,546 1,830,250

<3.0> Urban, population of 30,000 - 99,999	3,641 963,335

<4.0> Urban, population of 15,000 - 29,999	2,194 385,530

<5.1> Urban, population of 2,500 - 14,999	4,100 785,230

<5.2> Urban, population under 2,500	1,027 187,516

<6.0> Rural areas	9,639 1,754,269

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@25 REALUSER	15.	25-39	Case identifier *** suppressed on the microdata file ***

@40	REPLICATE	2.	40-41	Variable used for variance estimation *** suppressed on the microdata file ***