Readslid1996.txt

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics               1996  (slid)
L'Enquete sur la dynamique du travail et du revenu 1996  (edtr)

Abstract:

The cross-sectional public-use microdata file for the Survey of Labour and
Income Dynamics (SLID) is a collection of income, labour and family variables
on persons in Canada and their families. This file includes many safeguards to
prevent the identification of any one person.

Although often referred to as a single file, the SLID public-use microdata
file is actually four separate files: key, person, economic family and
census family.

The person file contains identifier data, which allows a researcher to
group persons into households, economic families and census families, as
well as link each of these files together.

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SURVEY STRUCTURE FOR THE DLI COLLECTION
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File(s) Prefix

slid        : Survey of labour and income dynamics
    1996    : Survey Year............(1996)
      cf    : Census   Family file
      ef    : Economic Family file
      ke    : Key............ file
      pr    : Person......... file
        cbk : Codebook
        dat : Data
        gid : Documentation and User's guide (U.G.)
        que : Questionnaire

File(s) Suffix (extension)

.pdf  :  Adobe Acrobat
.wp   :  WordPerfect 6 and previous version
.wpd  :  Wordperfect 7
.xls  :  Microsoft Excel
.zip  :  WinZip compressed file(s)
.exe  :  self extract

.dat  :  Data file(s)
.sas  :  SAS  code
.sps  :  SPSS code
.txt  :  Text file(s)

NOTE: -file(s) with extension .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are Binary and
      -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt            are Ascii

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DIRECTORY:  /dli/slid/1996
            /dli/slid/1996/data
            /dli/slid/1996/doc
            /dli/slid/1996/sascard
            /dli/slid/1996/spss
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DATA FILE(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /dli/slid/1996/data/

filename                       size      Description -

					 CROSS-SECTIONAL...
slid1996cf-dat.zip        2,248,635      CENSUS   FAMILY FILE (EC1996CF)
slid1996ef-dat.zip        2,105,032      ECONOMIC FAMILY FILE (EC1996EF)
slid1996pr-dat.zip        4,611,031      PERSON          FILE (EC1996PR)

filename             Number of            Maximum line   SIZE
		     records	          length

EC1996CF.DAT         35,598               316            11,320,164
EC1996EF.DAT         31,973               314            10,103,468
EC1996PR.DAT         61,108               416            25,543,144


NOTE: -file(s) with extension .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are Binary and
      -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt            are Ascii
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DOCUMENTATION(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /dli/slid/1996/doc/


English                  French                  Description

slid1996gid.pdf          edtr1996gid.pdf         Guide.


English                  French         Description

75f0002mie96001.pdf  ...mif...pdf       Catalogue No. 96-01
					SLID QUESTIONNAIRE FOR DEMOGRAPHICS
					AND CONTACT
                                        Product Registration Number 75F0002M

English                  French         Description

75f0002mie96002.pdf  ...mif...pdf       Catalogue No. 96-02
					PRELIMINARY INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE
                                        Product Registration Number 75F0002M

English                  French         Description

75f0002mie96003.pdf  ...mif...pdf       Catalogue No. 96-03
					SLID LABOUR INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE
                                        Product Registration Number 75F0002M

English                  French         Description

75f0002mie97013.pdf  ...mif...pdf       Catalogue No. 97-13
                                        QUESTIONNAIRE AND COLLECTION PROCEDURES
                                        FOR SLID INCOME DATA COLLECTION
                                        Product Registration Number 75F0002M


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COMMAND FILE(S):  SPSS code and/or SAS
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DIRECTORY /dli/slid/1996/spss/

English                French                 Description

slid1996cf.sps         edtr1996cf.sps         SPSS - Census   Family file
slid1996ef.sps         edtr1996ef.sps         SPSS - Economic Family file
slid1996pr.sps         edtr1996pr.sps         SPSS - Person file

DIRECTORY /dli/slid/1996/sascard/

English                French                 Description

slid1996cf-sas.zip     edtr1996cf-sas.zip     SAS card - Census   Family file
slid1996ef-sas.zip     edtr1996ef-sas.zip     SAS card - Economic Family file
slid1996pr-sas.zip     edtr1996pr-sas.zip     SAS card - Person file


NOTE: -file(s) with extension .pdf, .wp, .wpd, .xls, .zip, .exe are Binary and
      -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt            are Ascii