Survey of Household Spending            2006  (shs)
l'Enquête sur les dépenses des ménages, 2006  (edm)

Background

This public-use microdata file presents data from the 2006 Survey of Household
Spending (SHS) conducted in January through April 2007. Information about the
spending habits, dwelling characteristics and household equipment of Canadian
households during 2006 was obtained by asking people in the 10 provinces to
recall their expenditures for the previous calendar year (spending habits) or as of
the time of the interview (dwelling characteristics and household equipment).

Conducted since 1997, the Survey of Household Spending integrates most of the
content found in the Family Expenditure Survey and the Household Facilities and
Equipment Survey. Many data from these two surveys are comparable to the
Survey of Household Spending data. However, some differences related to
methodology, to data quality and to definitions must be considered before
comparing these data. See For further information below.


New for 2006

Beginning with the 2006 SHS, the reference date for household composition,
tenure, dwelling characteristics and household equipment are as of the time of
the interview instead of December 31st of the reference year. The distinction
between full-year and part-year members has been removed. Spending data are
collected for all members of the household at the time of the interview.


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Directory Structure:  /dli/shs/2006/
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DATA FILE(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /dli/shs/2006/data/

shs2006data-pumf.zip   Data File  (uncompressed 30,265,180)
                       (lrecl 2,066) (number of records 14,635) (3,866,932 zip)


shs2006-62F0031-35-spending-xls.zip (table 31 - 35)

Table 62f0031.xls
Detailed average household expenditure


Table 62f0032.xls
Detailed average household expenditure by household income quintile


Table 62f0033.xls
Detailed average household expenditure by housing tenure


Table 62f0034.xls
Detailed average household expenditure by household type


Table 62f0035.xls
Detailed average household expenditure by size of area of residence

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shs2006-62F0041-45-equipment-xls.zip (table 41 - 45)

Table 62f0041.xls
Dwelling characteristics and household equipment


Table 62f0042.xls
Dwelling characteristics and household equipment by household income quintile


Table 62f0043.xls
Dwelling characteristics and household equipment by housing tenure


Table 62f0044.xls
Dwelling characteristics and household equipment by household type


Table 62f0045.xls
Dwelling characteristics and household equipment by size of area of residence


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DOCUMENTATION(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /dli/shs/2006/doc

filename                       description

shs2006gid-tables.pdf          User's guide
shs2006gid-pumf.pdf            User's guide
shs2006que.pdf                 Questionnaire
shs2006cbk.pdf                 Codebook
shs2006rcl.xls                 Record Layout
shs2006.sps                    SPSS file

2006sas.zip
2006stata.zip

shs2006app.xls                 Appendices (A, B, C, D, E)

A - Frequency counts
B - Averages, aggregates, minimum and maximum values
C - Inclusion of spending variables in past microdata files
D - Comparison of variables from the 2005 and 2006 Survey of Household Spending
E - Coefficients of variation