Variables for entity person

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Variable descriptions

dob21 - Date of birth

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: Date of birth of respondent.
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

edfath21 - Father's education

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Highest level of education completed by person's father. Note : Code 05 is only used for those persons who entered the sample in 1993 and 1994.
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 01 Elementary school (includes no schooling)
  • 02 Some high school
  • 03 Completed high school
  • 04 Non-university certificate or diploma (e.g. community college, CEGEP, teachers' college, school of nursing, trade or vocational school, etc.)
  • 05 University degree (no level specified)
  • 06 Bachelor's degree
  • 07 University degree above Bachelor's (e.g. MA, PhD, medical degree)
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

edmoth21 - Mother's education

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Highest level of education completed by person's mother. Note : Code 05 is only used for those persons who entered the sample in 1993 and 1994.
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 01 Elementary school (includes no schooling)
  • 02 Some high school
  • 03 Completed high school
  • 04 Non-university certificate or diploma (e.g. community college, CEGEP, teachers' college, school of nursing, trade or vocational school, etc.)
  • 05 University degree (no level specified)
  • 06 Bachelor's degree
  • 07 University degree above Bachelor's (e.g. MA, PhD, medical degree)
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

panel21 - Panel to which this person belongs

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Panel to which this person belongs. In any year, the survey covers two groups or "panels" of respondents. Each panel is followed for 6 years. A new panel is started every three years and an existing one is retired, so there are always two overlapping panels.
  
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 01 Panel 1, 1993-1998
  • 02 Panel 2, 1996-2001
  • 03 Panel 3, 1999-2004
  • 04 Panel 4, 2002-2007
  • 05 Panel 5, 2005-2010
  • 06 Panel 6, 2008-2013
  • 07 Panel 7, 2011-2016
  • 08 Panel 8, 2014-2019
  • 09 Panel 9, 2017-2022
  • 10 Panel 10, 2020-2025
  • 11 Panel 11, 2023-2028
  • 12 Panel 12, 2026-2031
  • 13 Panel 13, 2029-2034
  • 14 Panel 14, 2032-2037
  • 15 Panel 15, 2035-2040
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

phase21 - Phase when person first identified in survey

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Phase (or collection period) when the person was first identified in the survey. Because longitudinal respondents were identified in the Labour Force Survey prior to being eligible for SLID, their value is always "January", i.e., the first of the two annual collection periods in SLID.
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 1 January phase
  • 2 May phase

rootid21 - Original dwelling hhld Identifier as of sample selection

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• Type and length: Character(12.0) Format: PPWFHHHHHHHH
• Description: Original dwelling household identifier as of sample selection. The format of this field is: PPWFHHHHHHHH P - panel identifier W - wave identifier F - phase identifier H - case identifier for household
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 999999999996 Interim Processing Code
  • 999999999997 Don't Know
  • 999999999998 Refusal
  • 999999999999 Not Applicable

rplct21 - Replicate to which this person belongs

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Replicate to which this person belongs. Used for variance calculation (coefficients of variation).
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 00 Not Applicable
  • 01:07

strat21 - Stratum of the person's root household

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• Type and length: Character(9.0)
• Description: Stratum of the person's root household. Strata are groups of units as homogeneous as possible based on known characteristics of the units prior to sample selection, such as economic region, income, education, employment, etc.
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 000000000 Not Applicable
  • 000000001:9999999

wave21 - Wave (year) when the person was first identified in the survey

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Wave (year) when the person was first identified in the survey. There are 6 years or "waves" of the survey for each panel of respondents. In addition, the term "Wave 0" refers to the last reference period of the person in the Labour Force Survey (approximately one year prior to the end of SLID's Wave 1). Wave 0 necessarily applies to longitudinal respondents only.
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 0 Longitudinal respondent, present at sample selection
  • 1 Wave 1
  • 2 Wave 2
  • 3 Wave 3
  • 4 Wave 4
  • 5 Wave 5
  • 6 Wave 6

yobg21 - Year of birth of respondent, 5 year intervals, group

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Year of birth of respondent, 5 year intervals, group.
• Population: All persons
• Range and codes:
  • 01 1919 or earlier
  • 02 1920 - 1924
  • 03 1925 - 1929
  • 04 1930 - 1934
  • 05 1935 - 1939
  • 06 1940 - 1944
  • 07 1945 - 1949
  • 08 1950 - 1954
  • 09 1955 - 1959
  • 10 1960 - 1964
  • 11 1965 - 1969
  • 12 1970 - 1974
  • 13 1975 - 1979
  • 14 1980 - 1984
  • 15 1985 - 1989
  • 16 1990 - 1994
  • 17 1995 - 1999
  • 18 2000 - 2004
  • 19 2005 - 2009
  • 20 2010 - 2014
  • 21 2015 - 2019
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable