LWS - Canada 2005 : person file Codebook generated: 2016-04-01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDENTIFIERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hid unique unit identifier 12618 1 5267 2637.67 1522.73 pid person identifier 12618 1 5 2.03 1.12 did unique country/year number -------------------------------------------------- N value 12618 334 dname country/year identifier -------------------------------------------------- N value 12618 "ca05" cname country name -------------------------------------------------- N value 12618 "Canada" iso2 2-letter country abbreviation -------------------------------------------------- N value 12618 "ca" year reference year -------------------------------------------------- N value 12618 2005 wave data wave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 12618 6 Wave VI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwgt person weight (normalised) 5267 0.01 31.63 1.9 1.8 ppopwgt person weight (inflated) 5267 10.1 42212.72 2534.2 2398.11 inum implicate number 12618 1 1 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ relation relationship to household head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 5267 1000 head 7351 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEMOGRAPHICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: age: 1. [ca05] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit; top coded at age 80. Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- age age in years 5267 17 80 50.12 16.25 sex gender -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3234 1 male 2033 2 female 7351 . NOTES: 1. [ca05] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMMIGRATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HEALTH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDUCATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ educ highest completed education level (3-category recode) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1092 1 low 1275 2 medium 2864 3 high 7387 . educ_c Highest level of education of the major income earner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1092 1 less than high school 1275 2 high school diploma 1374 3 non-university post-secondary certificate or diploma 1490 4 university degree or certificate 7387 . NOTES: 1. [ca05] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITY STATUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ emp employed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1764 0 not employed 3503 1 employed 7351 . NOTES: 1. [ca05] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. 2. [ca05] the employment dummy is constructed from the major source of income for the family unit. 3. [ca05] Definitional deviation: The employed dummy is based on the main activity status in current period. retired retired (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 1844 0 not retired 1309 1 retired 9465 . NOTES: 1. [ca05] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earners who were 45 years of age or older at the time of the interview and who were working or had worked at a job or business in the past. cmas current main activity status -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3503 100 mainly employed 515 200 not mainly employed 1086 211 retired from job or business 163 213 living on capital income 7351 . NOTES: 1. [ca05] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. 2. [ca05] the main activity status is constructed from major source of income for the family unit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYMENT INTENSITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOB CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ status1 status in employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 3165 100 dependent employed 338 200 self-employed 9115 . NOTES: 1. [ca05] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. 2. [ca05] the status in employment is constructed from major source of income. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORK EXPERIENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CURRENT INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WINDFALL INCOME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NON-CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS - LIABILITIES TRANSACTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- currency currency units 12618 124 124 124 0 deflator deflation factor -------------------------------------------------- N value 12618 1 Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- grossnet gross/net income information 12618 100 100 100 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTIDUTES TOWARD HOUSEHOLD FINANCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (WEALTH) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------