1991 Census Public Use Microdata File: Individual File CD-ROM - ARCHIVED
Public use microdata: 95M0007X
Description: Microdata files are unique among census products in that they give users access to unaggregated data. This makes the public use microdata files (PUMFs) powerful research tools. Each file contains anonymous individual responses on a large number of variables. The PUMF user can group and manipulate these variables to suit his/her own data and research requirements. Tabulations not included in other census products can be created or relationships between variables can be analysed by using different statistical tests. PUMFs provide quick access to a comprehensive social and economic database about Canada and its people. All subject-matter covered by the census is included in the microdata files. However, to ensure the anonymity of the respondents, geographic identifiers have been restricted to the provinces/territories and large metropolitan areas. Microdata files have traditionally been disseminated on magnetic tape, which required access to a mainframe computer. For the first time, the 1991 PUMFs will also be available on CD-ROM for microcomputer applications. This file contains data based on a 3% of the population enumerated in the 1991 Census. It provides information on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the Canadian population. The Individual File allows users to return to the base unit of the census, enabling them to group and manipulate the data to suit their own data and research requirements.
This product provides two basic tools to assist users in accessing and using the 1991 Census Public Use Microdata File - Individuals CD-ROM.
Frequency: Occasional
Available formats: HTML, Tape/Cassette, CD-ROM
Titles | Release date | More Information |
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1991 Census Public Use Microdata File: Individual File CD-ROM, Census year 1991 - ARCHIVED | September 12, 2023 | More information |
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Subjects and keywords
Subjects
Keywords
- Aboriginal origin
- Canada Pension Plan
- Certificates and diplomas
- Child tax benefits
- Class of worker
- Condition of dwelling
- Condominiums
- Data quality
- Economic family status
- Educational attainment
- Employment insurance benefits
- Estimation methods
- Family allowances
- Fertility
- Fields of study
- Full-time employment
- Government transfer payments
- Hours worked
- Household income
- Household maintainers
- Household size
- Immigrant status
- Income
- Industrial classification
- Industries
- Investment income
- Knowledge of languages
- Knowledge of official languages
- Labour force activity
- Language spoken at home
- Low income cutoffs
- Marital status
- Mathematics
- Mobility
- Mother tongue
- Occupations
- Old age security pensions
- Part-time employment
- Payments
- Place of birth
- Place of work
- Quebec Pension Plan
- Rent
- Salaries and wages
- Sampling and weighting
- School attendance
- Self-employment income
- Type of household
- University degrees
- Value of dwelling
- Visible minorities
- Vocational schools
- Weeks worked
- Year of immigration
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