Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics               2009  (slid)
L'Enquete sur la dynamique du travail et du revenu 2009  (edtr)

Abstract:

The Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) complements traditional
survey data on labour market activity and income with an additional
dimension: the changes experienced by individuals over time. At the
heart of the survey's objectives is the understanding of the economic
well-being of Canadians: what economic shifts do individuals and
families live through, and how does it vary with changes in their paid
work, family make-up, receipt of government transfers or other factors?
The survey's longitudinal dimension makes it possible to see such
concurrent and often related events. 

SLID is the first Canadian household survey to provide national data on
the fluctuations in income that a typical family or individual
experiences over time which gives greater insight on the nature and
extent of poverty in Canada. Added to the longitudinal aspect are the
"traditional" cross-sectional data: the primary Canadian source for
income data and providing additional content to data collected by the
Labour Force Survey (LFS). 

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 3889


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:  /data
            
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DATA FILE(S):
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filename                     		Description

slid2009cf-ascii-dat.zip Census family ascii data file (record length 424) (number of records 29,768) (1,945,745 zip) 
slid2009cf-excel-dat.zip Census family excel data file (1,677,838 zip) 

slid2009ef-ascii-dat.zip Economic family ascii data file (record length 481) (number of records 26,650) (1,963,445 zip) 
slid2009ef-excel-dat.zip Economic family excel data file (1,742,242 zip) 

slid2009ke-ascii-dat.zip Key ascii data file (record length 45) (number of records 62,116) (727,064 zip) 
slid2009ke-excel-dat.zip Key excel data file (751,664 zip) 

slid2009pr-ascii-dat.zip Person ascii data file (record length 584) (number of records 50,900) (4,494,467 zip) 
slid2009pr-excel-dat.zip Person excel data file (4,120,415 zip) 


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      -file(s) with extension .dat, .sas, .sps, .txt            are Ascii
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DOCUMENTATION(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /doc	


English              			French              		Description

slid2009gid.pdf      		edtr2009gid.pdf     			Documentation and User's Guide.
slid2009cbk.pdf      		edtr2009cbk.pdf     			Codebook.

slid2009que-entry-exit.pdf    edtr2009que-entrevue-entree.pdf		Entry Exit Component Interview Questionnaire
slid2009que-preliminary.pdf   edtr2009que-preliminaire.pdf		Preliminary, Labour and Income Interview Questionnaire


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COMMAND FILE(S):  SPSS code and/or SAS
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                              Description

2009cf-spss.zip         SAS card - Census   Family file
2009ef-spss.zip         SAS card - Economic Family file
2009ke-spss.zip         SAS card - Key    file
2009pr-spss.zip         SAS card - Person file

2009cf-sas.zip          SAS card - Census   Family file
2009ef-sas.zip          SAS card - Economic Family file
2009ke-sas.zip          SAS card - Key    file
2009pr-sas.zip          SAS card - Person file

SAS AND SPSS CONTROL CARDS

THESE ARE PROVIDED IN ASCII FILES TO ASSIST USERS IN
CREATING SAS AND SPSS 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: EC2009XX.LAY (EC2009XX REFERS TO ANY OF THE
FOUR DATA FILES AS DESCRIBED ABOVE) THESE FILES CONTAIN A 
LIST OF VARIABLES WITH: VARIABLE NAME, FORMAT AND FILE POSITION.

LABEL FILES: EC2009XX.LBE (ENGLISH) AND EC2009XX.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: EC2009XX.CDE (ENGLISH) AND EC2009XX.CDF
(FRENCH).  THESE FILES CAN BE USED IN SAS STATEMENTS TO SHOW
OUTPUT WITH THE CATEGORY LABELS INSTEAD OF CODES.

FORMAT FILES: EC2009XX.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: EC2009XX.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.