Readslid2000.txt

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics               2000  (slid)
L'Enquete sur la dynamique du travail et du revenu 2000  (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
    2000    : Survey Year............(2000)
      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/2000
            /dli/slid/2000/data
            /dli/slid/2000/doc
            /dli/slid/2000/sascard
            /dli/slid/2000/spss
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DATA FILE(S):
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DIRECTORY:  /dli/slid/2000/data/

filename                       size      Description -

					 CROSS-SECTIONAL...
slid2000cf-dat.zip        2,494,207      CENSUS   FAMILY FILE (EC2000CF)
slid2000ef-dat.zip        2,366,696      ECONOMIC FAMILY FILE (EC2000EF)
slid2000ke-dat.zip          793,912      KEY             FILE (EC2000KE)
slid2000pr-dat.zip        4,912,229      PERSON          FILE (EC2000PR)


filename             Number of            Maximum line   SIZE
		     records	          length

EC2000CF.DAT         33,616               398            13,446,400
EC2000EF.DAT         30,212               401            12,175,436
EC2000KE.DAT         72,850                41             3,132,550
EC2000PR.DAT         57,441               500            28,835,382


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/2000/doc/


English                 French                   Description

slid2000gid.htm, .pdf   edtr2000gid.htm, .pdf    Documentation and User'sGuide.

slid2000cbk.pdf         edtr2000cbk.pdf          Codebook.


English                 French           Description

75f0002mie2000012.pdf  ...mif...pdf      Entry Exit Component for Income
                                         Interview.

75f0002mie2000013.pdf  ...mif...pdf      Entry Exit Component for Labour
					 Interview.

75f0002mie2000014.pdf  ...mif...pdf      Income Interview Questionnaire.

75f0002mie2000015.pdf  ...mif...pdf      Labour Interview Questionnaire

75f0002mie2000016.pdf  ...mif...pdf      Preliminary Interview Questionnaire


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COMMAND FILE(S):  SPSS code and/or SAS
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DIRECTORY /dli/slid/2000/spss/             "SPSS TO FOLLOW"

English                French                 Description

slid2000cf.sps         edtr2000cf.sps         SPSS - Census   Family file
slid2000ef.sps         edtr2000ef.sps         SPSS - Economic Family file
slid2000ke.sps         edtr2000ke.sps         SPSS - Key    file
slid2000pr.sps         edtr2000pr.sps         SPSS - Person file

DIRECTORY /dli/slid/2000/sascard/

English                French                 Description

slid2000cf-sas.zip     edtr2000cf-sas.zip     SAS card - Census   Family file
slid2000ef-sas.zip     edtr2000ef-sas.zip     SAS card - Economic Family file
slid2000ke-sas.zip     edtr2000ke-sas.zip     SAS card - Key    file
slid2000pr-sas.zip     edtr2000pr-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