LWS - Canada 2012 : person file Codebook generated: 2016-04-01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IDENTIFIERS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- hid unique unit identifier 27893 1 12003 6011.82 3485.01 pid person identifier 27893 1 5 1.98 1.09 did unique country/year number -------------------------------------------------- N value 27893 332 dname country/year identifier -------------------------------------------------- N value 27893 "ca12" cname country name -------------------------------------------------- N value 27893 "Canada" iso2 2-letter country abbreviation -------------------------------------------------- N value 27893 "ca" year reference year -------------------------------------------------- N value 27893 2012 wave data wave -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 27893 9 Wave IX ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FILE INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- pwgt person weight (normalised) 12003 0.01 13.46 0.83 0.95 ppopwgt person weight (inflated) 12003 10 19611.63 1213.85 1384.56 inum implicate number 27893 1 1 1 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIVING ARRANGEMENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ relation relationship to household head -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 12003 1000 head 15890 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEMOGRAPHICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES: age: 1. [ca12] 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 12003 17 80 52.77 16.33 sex gender -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7247 1 male 4756 2 female 15890 . NOTES: 1. [ca12] 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 2182 1 low 3015 2 medium 6693 3 high 16003 . educ_c Highest level of education of the major income earner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 2182 1 less than high school 3015 2 high school diploma 3343 3 non-university post-secondary certificate or diploma 3350 4 university degree or certificate 16003 . NOTES: 1. [ca12] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ACTIVITY STATUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ emp employed (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 4450 0 not employed 7553 1 employed 15890 . NOTES: 1. [ca12] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. 2. [ca12] the employment dummy is constructed from the major source of income for the family unit. 3. [ca12] Definitional deviation: The employed dummy is based on the main activity status in current period. retired retired (dummy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 4540 0 not retired 3429 1 retired 19924 . NOTES: 1. [ca12] 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 7553 100 mainly employed 1164 200 not mainly employed 2841 211 retired from job or business 445 213 living on capital income 15890 . NOTES: 1. [ca12] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. 2. [ca12] the main activity status is constructed from major source of income. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMPLOYMENT INTENSITY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOB CHARACTERISTICS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ status1 status in employment, job 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- N code label 7022 100 dependent employed 531 200 self-employed 20340 . NOTES: 1. [ca12] Scope limitation: available only for the major income earner in the family unit. 2. [ca12] 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 27893 124 124 124 0 deflator deflation factor -------------------------------------------------- N value 27893 1 Variable Description N Min. Max. Mean SD ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- grossnet gross/net income information 27893 100 100 100 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ATTIDUTES TOWARD HOUSEHOLD FINANCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (WEALTH) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------