Variables for theme Personal characteristics

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Variable descriptions

crhlt26 - Current state of person's health

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Current state of person's health.
  Available starting with reference year 1996.
• Population: Persons aged 16 or older
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Excellent
  • 2 Very good
  • 3 Good
  • 4 Fair
  • 5 Poor
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

crstr26 - Current level of stress in person's life

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Current level of stress in person's life. Available starting with reference year 1996. Not available for persons over 69 years old starting in reference year 2005.
• Population: Persons aged 16 or older
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Very stressful
  • 2 Somewhat stressful
  • 3 Not very stressful
  • 4 Not at all stressful
  • 5 No opinion
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

grade26 - School grade as of December 31 of refyear

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: School grade as of December 31 of reference year. Only applies to persons aged 5 to 15.
  Available only for reference years 1993 to 1998.
• Population: All persons aged 5 to 15
• Range and codes:
  • 00 Kindergarten
  • 01 Grade 01
  • 02 Grade 02
  • 03 Grade 03
  • 04 Grade 04
  • 05 Grade 05
  • 06 Grade 06
  • 07 Level 1 Secondary for Quebec, Grade 07 for rest of Canada
  • 08 Level 2 Secondary for Quebec, Grade 08 for rest of Canada
  • 09 Level 3 Secondary for Quebec, Grade 09 for rest of Canada
  • 10 Level 1 Secondary for Newfoundland, Level 4 Secondary for Quebec and Grade 10 for rest of Canada
  • 11 Level 2 Secondary for Newfoundland, Level 5 Secondary for Quebec and Grade 11 for rest of Canada
  • 12 Level 3 Secondary for Newfoundland and OAC/Grade 12 for rest of Canada excluding Quebec
  • 13 OAC/Grade 13 for all provinces except Newfoundland and Quebec
  • 14 Completion of High School
  • 15 CEGEP1 for Quebec only
  • 16 CEGEP2 for Quebec only
  • 17 CEGEP3 for Quebec only
  • 18 CEGEP completed
  • 19 Other
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

mjacg26 - Person's major activity during the refyear, group

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Person's major activity at the end of reference year (grouping). This is in direct response to a question (not derived). Due to a technical problem in the collection of data for 1999, respondents aged 70 and older were not asked about their major activity that year. To compensate for this problem, an imputation program was developed during processing of 2000, using data for years 1998 and 2000. Nonetheless, as a result of this imputation, the number of respondents aged 70 and older with a value for major activity as "retired" is high in 1999 as compared to other years.Not available prior to reference year 1996. Codes 08 and 09 are available starting with reference year 1999. Between reference years 1996 and 1998 inclusively, this question was about the whole year. It was not specific to the end of the year.
• Population: Persons aged 16 or older
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Working at a job or business
  • 2 Going to school
  • 3 Retired
  • 4 Other
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

mjact26 - Person's major activity at the end of reference year

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Person's major activity at the end of reference year. This is in direct response to a question (not derived). Due to a technical problem in the collection of data for 1999, respondents aged 70 and older were not asked about their major activity that year. To compensate for this problem, an imputation program was developed during processing of 2000, using data for years 1998 and 2000. Nonetheless, as a result of this imputation, the number of respondents aged 70 and older with a value for major activity as "retired" is high in 1999 as compared to other years.Not available prior to reference year 1996. Codes 08 and 09 are available starting with reference year 1999. Between reference years 1996 and 1998 inclusively, this question was about the whole year. It was not specific to the end of the year.
• Population: Persons aged 16 or older
• Range and codes:
  • 01 Working at a job or business or self-employed
  • 02 Looking for work
  • 03 Going to school
  • 04 Keeping house
  • 05 Caring for other family members (including young children)
  • 06 Retired
  • 07 Long-term illness or disability
  • 08 Doing volunteer work
  • 09 No main activity
  • 90 Other
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable