SURVEY OF LABOUR AND INCOME DYNAMICS PUBLIC USE MICRODATA, 1998,
STATISTICS CANADA, PRODUCT NO. 75M0010XCB

FINAL VERSION, JUNE 2001

TECHNICAL SUPPORT: 1-800-949-9491.

THE GUIDE FOR CROSS-SECTIONAL PUBLIC-USE MICRODATA FILE
ACCOMPANIES THE CD-ROM.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS DISPLAYING FRENCH ACCENTED
CHARACTERS, MAKE SURE THE CODE PAGE ON YOUR COMPUTER 
IS SET TO 863 (FRENCH CANADIAN).

THE DATA ARE PROVIDED IN THREE FILES:
- 1998 CROSS-SECTIONAL PERSON FILE (EC1998PR)
- 1998 CROSS-SECTIONAL ECONOMIC FAMILY FILE (EC1998EF)
- 1998 CROSS-SECTIONAL CENSUS FAMILY FILE (EC1998CF)

THE PERSON FILE CONTAINS ONE RECORD PER PERSON IN THE SAMPLE AGED 16
AND OVER. 
THE ECONOMIC FAMILY FILE CONTAINS ONE RECORD FOR EVERY ECONOMIC
FAMILY.
ECONOMIC FAMILY AND PERSON FILE ARE LINKED BY THE IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER PUCHID25 (CROSS-SECTIONAL HOUSEHOLD ID) AND D31FAM26
(ECONOMIC FAMILY ID).
THE CENSUS FAMILY FILE CONTAINS ONE RECORD FOR EVERY CENSUS FAMILY.
YOU CAN LINK ON THE CENSUS FAMILY FILE BY PUCHID25 
(CROSS-SECTIONAL HOUSEHOLD ID), D31FAM26 (ECONOMIC FAMILY ID) AND
D31CF26 (CENSUS FAMILY ID). 

BELOW ARE MORE DETAILS ON THE DATA FILES AND RELATED FILES
CONTAINED ON THIS CD-ROM.

1) SURVEY DATA FILES:
                NUMBER OF RECORDS   NUMBER OF VARIABLES  RECORD LENGTH
EC1998PR.DAT        62,211                  124                  417
EC1998EF.DAT        32,721                   62                  314
EC1998CF.DAT        36,482                   62                  316

THE ASCII FILES ARE STORED IN SUB-DIRECTORY \DATA

2) DATA DICTIONARY FOR PERSON, ECONOMIC FAMILY AND CENSUS FAMILY
   FILES:

THE DATA DICTIONARY IS AVAILABLE IN THE MAIN DOCUMENTATION.
LINKS HAVE BEEN CREATED BY THEME TO ACCESS THE VARIABLES.

3) SAS AND SPSS CONTROL CARDS

THESE ARE PROVIDED IN ASCII FILES TO ASSIST USERS IN
CREATING SAS AND SPPS VERSIONS OF THE FILES FROM THE ASCII DATA
FILES.  THE SAS FILES ARE IN SUB-DIRECTORY SAS, WHILE THE SPSS
FILES ARE IN SUB-DIRECTORY SPSS.  FOR EACH OF THE THREE FILES,
THERE ARE SIX CONTROL CARD FILES FOR SAS AND SIX CONTROL CARD
FILES FOR SPSS.  ALTHOUGH THE DATA DICTIONARY DIFFERENTIATES
BETWEEN CHARACTER AND NUMERIC FIELDS, ALL FIELDS ARE DEFINED AS
TYPE NUMERIC IN THE SPSS CONTROL CARDS.

RECORD LAYOUT FILES: EC1998XX.LAY (EC1998XX REFERS TO ANY OF THE
THREE DATA FILES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE) THESE FILES CONTAIN A 
LIST OF VARIABLES WITH: VARIABLE NAME, FORMAT AND FILE POSITION.

LABEL FILES: EC1998XX.LBE (ENGLISH) AND EC1998XX.LBF
(FRENCH).  THESE FILES CAN BE USED IN SAS STATEMENTS TO SHOW
OUTPUT WITH THE FULL VARIABLE LABELS (LONG VARIABLES NAMES)
INSTEAD OF THE 8-CHARACTER VARIABLE NAMES.

CODE FILES: EC1998XX.CDE (ENGLISH) AND EC1998XX.CDF
(FRENCH).  THESE FILES CAN BE USED IN SAS STATEMENTS TO SHOW
OUTPUT WITH THE CATEGORY LABELS INSTEAD OF CODES.

FORMAT FILES: EC1998XX.FMT.  IN THE SAS CONTROL CARDS, THESE FILES
LINK THE FORMATS PROVIDED IN THE CODE FILES TO THE VARIABLES
SPECIFIED IN THE RECORD LAYOUT FILES.  NO SUCH FILES ARE
NECESSARY IN SPSS.

MISSING VALUE FILES: EC1998XX.MVS.  THESE FILES DEFINE THE RESERVED
CODES FOR EACH VARIABLE.  ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT EXIST FOR EVERY
VARIABLE, THERE ARE FOUR RESERVED CODES ASSIGNED TO EACH
VARIABLE.  THEY ARE: NOT IN SLID SAMPLE, DON'T KNOW, REFUSAL,
NOT APPLICABLE.

4) THE GUIDE FOR CROSS-SECTIONAL PUBLIC-USE MICRODATA FILE 
AND ACROBAT SOFTWARE

THE CONTENTS OF THE GUIDE ARE READABLE WITH ACROBAT SOFTWARE
FROM THE MAIN MENU.

5) FREQUENCY STATISTICS

THE GUIDE FOR CROSS-SECTIONAL PUBLIC-USE MICRODATA FILE
READABLE IN ACROBAT CONTAINS THE FREQUENCY STATISTICS 
FOR EACH FIELD IN EACH OF THE THREE FILES. 
FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS, THE DATA ON THE PUBLIC-USE MICRODATA
FILES MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE CORRESPONDING VALUES ON THE
INTERNAL FILES. 

6) LICENCE AGREEMENT

THE REGULAR VERSION OF THE LICENCE AGREEMENT GOVERNING THE SALE AND
USE OF THIS CD-ROM CAN BE VIEWED IN THE GUIDE FOR CROSS-SECTIONAL
PUBLIC-USE MICRODATA FILE.

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TO READ THE ACROBAT FILES CONTAINED IN THE CD-ROM (AFTER
INSTALLING THE ACROBAT READER)
1.   IN THE ENGLISH DIRECTORY, OPEN THE DOC SUBDIRECTORY AND
DOUBLE CLICK ON ANY .PDF FILE, IT WILL THEN LAUNCH THE ACROBAT
READER AND THE SELECTED FILE WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN.