Data Files Recently Received

Vince Gray

 

This article was once a regular feature of the SSCL Newsletter and is being reintroduced with this SSNDS issue.

Canadian Community Health Survey,Cycle 2.2 (2004): Nutrition - General Health Component

This, the fourth release of data from the CCHS, provides a number of variables on the issue of food insecurity: how often do household members either go hungry or have less to eat than they would prefer? The PUMF provides records for 35,107 respondents.

A master version of the data file is available for authorized use through the Research Data Centre programme.

General Social Survey of Canada, Cycle 16 (2002): Aging and Social Support

This file contains information from 24,855 respondents aged 45 and older. Generally, the survey focuses on the questions of:

  • who do the respondents assist
  • from whom do they receive assistance
  • with what activities do they give or receive assistance
  • why is assistance either given or received

A master version of the data file is available for authorized use through the Research Data Centre programme.

General Social Survey of Canada, Cycle 18 (2004): Victimization

This file contains information from 23,766 respondents aged 15 and older. The survey contains information on:

  • demographic characteristics
  • perceptions, history and risk
  • criminal victimization screening
  • abuse by current spouse/partner
  • abuse by ex-spouse/partner
  • spousal abuse report
  • ex-spousal abuse report
  • stalking of respondent
  • crime incident reports
  • other crime events
  • main activity of respondent
  • education of respondent, spouse/partner and parents
  • activities of spouse/partner
  • housing characteristics of respondent and other characteristics

A master version of the data file is available for authorized use through the Research Data Centre programme.

GDCN Global Daily - (Global Daily Climate Network)

This product, received on 11 CD ROMs, contains records from approximately 35,000 weather stations worldwide. The data for a given weather station may include daily precipitation, maximum and minimum temperatures. A quick scan of the CD has revealed that some data records extend as far back as 1848 - even older data may be present on the CD. Finally, the latitude and longitude of the weather station is recorded, so that the precipitation and/or temperature data may be spatially linked and displayed.