Table 1:
Data availability on voluntary inter-household transfers in 3 Statistics Canada surveys
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Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics | Survey of Household Spending | Survey of Financial Security 2005 | Survey of Financial Security 1999 | |
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Reference Period | 20061 -2008 | 19982 - 2008 | 2005 for assets | 1999 for assets |
2004 for income and transfers | 1998 for income and transfers | |||
Voluntary Inter-household Transfers |
Data availability | |||
Household / Family Count
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Sent
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Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 |
Received
|
Yes3 | Unable to disambiguate | Yes4 | Yes4 |
Dollar amount
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Sent
|
Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes3 | No |
Received
|
Yes3 | Unable to disambiguate | Yes3 | No |
Other Dimensions5
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Domestic / International Transfer
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Yes3 | Yes3 | No | No |
Relationship with receiver / donor
|
No | No | No | Yes4 |
Payment Frequency
|
No | No | No | Yes4 |
Who's counted as receiver / donor?
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Family members that lives outside the Household | Any persons that lives outside the Household | Family members that lives outside the Household | Family members that lives outside the Household |
Unit of Analysis
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Households / Individual | Households | Economic Families | Economic Families |
Alimony, Separation Allowance, and Child Support Payments6 | ||||
Dollar amount
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Sent
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Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 | No |
Received
|
Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 | No |
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID), Survey of Household Spending (SHS) and Survey of Financial Security (SFS) questionnaires. 1.SLID 2006 did not ask respondents aged 66 or over on questions about inter-household transfers. 2.SHS1997 was not used, since involuntary inter-household transfers such as alimony, separation allowance and child support payments were included as one question on inter-household transfers. 3. Data that are available and used in this study. 4. Data available from surveys. 5. Listed for comparison. 6. Alimony, separation allowance, and child support payments that are under court order or written agreement are considered involuntary inter-household transfers and are included for comparison. |
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