Data Services

SUN EXPOSURE SURVEY (1996):

Data are now available for the 1996 Sun Exposure Survey, conducted from September to October 1996. This survey sponsored by the Institute of Health Promotion Research at the University of British-Columbia, was funded by the National Cancer Institute of Canada, the Canadian Dermatology Association and Environment Canada.

The survey gathered information on the attitudes and behaviours related to the sun exposure among Canadians 15 years and over. Information collected (within households on a proxy basis) is available for children under the age 15. Data are available at the national and regional levels.

Documentation:

• Codebook cover and table of contents, provided as a zipped WordPerfect file
  
• Codebook (data dictionary), provided as a zipped WordPerfect file
  
• User guide, provided as a zipped WordPerfect file
  
• Questionnaire, provided as a zipped WordPerfect file
  

Data:

• SPSS Syntax, provided as a zipped file for use with the raw (ascii) data file
  
• Data file, provided as a zipped ascii file

  And, for the convenience of users,

• SPSS Save file, provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS.

SURVEY ON AGEING AND INDEPENDENCE (1991):

The objective of the Survey on Ageing and Independence was to measure contributors to quality of life and independent living. The survey examined a wide range of characteristics of today's seniors (aged 65+) and of tomorrows seniors (aged 44-65). The survey gathered information on such topics as retirement and main activity, labour characteristics and retirement preparation, physical and social activities, well-being, social support, mobility, accidents and safety, housing characteristics, and income /financial security. The sample size consisted of 24,795 individuals aged 45+ across Canada.

There is no electronic codebook or documentation for this file, but the print user guide can be consulted at the Government Documents, Data and Maps Department, 3rd floor, Harriet Irving Library. The following data files from the Survey on Ageing and Independence are available for downloading:

• SPSS Syntax file, for use with the raw (ascii) data file
  
• Data file, provided as a zipped ascii file.

And, for the convenience of users, the SPSS save file:

• SPSS Save provided as a zipped file for use with SPSS

SURVEY ON THE VALUE OF WILDLIFE TO CANADIANS :

This occasional survey collects information about watching, feeding, attracting, photographing, and hunting wildlife and what these activities contributed to the Canadian economy. This survey was originally conducted in February 1982 and was run again in February 1988 and February 1992. The target population consisted of civilian, non-institutionalized Canadians aged 15+. The sample size was 68,000 individuals. The codebook is available in print form.

1982 Survey

• SVW Provided as an SPSS Command File
  

• SVW Provided as a SAS Code Values File
  

• SVW SAS Code Variables File
  

• SVW SPSS Code Format File
  

• SVW SPSS Code Values File

1988 Survey

• User Guide 1988, provided as a PDF file
  

• Questionnaire,provided as a PDF file
  

• Survey Data provided for convenience as a zipped SPSS save file
  

1992 Survey

• Survey Data, provided for convenience as a zipped SPSS file
  

SURVEY OF LITERACY SKILLS USED IN DAILY ACTIVITIES (1989):

The objective of the survey was to develop a profile of literacy levels among the Canadian adult population. For the purposes of this survey literacy was interpreted as "official language literacy" and defined as "the information processing skills (reading, writing and numeracy skills) necessary to use printed material commonly encountered at work, at home and in the community". The target population consisted of civilian, non-institutionalised individuals aged 15+ and the sample consisted of approximately 48,000 households.

• LSUDA, provided as a zipped SPSS save file

• LSUDA, provided as a raw (ascii) numeric data File

• LSUDA, provided as a zipped SPSS syntax file for use with raw data file

• LSUDA User Codebook