Data Services

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

BACKGROUND

This public use microdata file is the Canadian component of the Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (ALL).

The Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) is a large-scale co-operative effort undertaken in 2003 by governments, national statistics agencies, research institutions and multi-lateral agencies. The ALL study builds on the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), the world's first internationally comparative survey of adult skills undertaken in three rounds of data collection between 1994 and 1998.

IALSS FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOADING

IALSS Documentation

• 89-617.pdf, "Building on Our Competencies: Canadian Results of the IALSS"
• User's Guide, provided as a pdf file
• Codebook, provided as a pdf file
• Questionnaire, provided as a zipped pdf file

• SPSS syntax for use with raw data file, if desired
• STATTOOL, "programs designed by Statistics Canada to manipulate IALSS data." No further information available at this time.

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.