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Households and the Environment Survey (HES)

The following files are available for use within the constraints of the DLI license to UNB Libraries authorized users.

BACKGROUND

The objective of the survey is to provide context to the science (i.e. the actual measures of air & water quality and greenhouse gas emissions) by gaining a better understanding of household behaviour and practices with respect to the environment. This public use microdata file contains information on a wide range of topics, including water quality concerns; consumption and conservation of water; energy use and home heating and cooling; pesticide and fertilizer use on lawns and gardens; recycling, composting and waste disposal practices; motor vehicle use. It also provides information on the socio-demographic, income and labour force characteristics of the population.

HES was last carried out in 1994. For this iteration, the survey was put in the field in February 2006, for the 2005 year. There are 28,334 records in the file. /p> Note that there is only a public use microdata file for the Household file. Any references to the Person file in the User Guide refers to the master file.

HES FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING

CIUS Documentation

User's Guide, provided as a pdf file

Codebook, provided as a pdf file

Questionnaire, provided as a pdf file

Variance Tables, provided as a pdf file

SPSS Syntax file, provided as an ascii zipped file, for use with raw data

Data

HES Household Data file, provided for convenience as a zipped SPSS save file
HES Household survey raw data, provided as a zipped ascii text file

STEPS TO OBTAIN DATA FILES:

Links to electronic versions of documentation and SPSS or SAS command files are provided where they exist.

1. Click on the file you require to download the datafile to your hard drive. This will take you to the Statistics Canada DLI license under which the files are provided to UNB Libraries. After entering your email account, an authorization screen will appear.

2. You must enter your PIN number and your email address to obtain the file. Only authorized users may download files from this site.

Document maintained by:
Government Documents, Data and Maps Department
E-mail address: Hamilton@unb.ca
Last update: 08/01/10

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