Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Health Statistics Division

Distributor: Statistics Canada. Data Liberation Initiative

Restrictions on access: Data files available to University of Toronto and other Data Liberation Initiative member institutions.
At the University of Toronto, contact Data Library Service to arrange access.

NPHS description: <http://www.statcan.ca/english/sdds/3225.htm>

Summary of content of the NPHS household component files: <http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/82F0068XIE/tblcon98.pdf>

Union list of NPHS variables (all files): < http://datalib.chass.utoronto.ca/codebooks/cstdli/nphsvars.lst>

Versions:

• public use microdata files
• master files, see: RDCs
• dummy files for remote access to the master files, and bootstrap weight files
• Share files, see provincial health departments, e.g. Ontario health survey 1996

National population health survey public use microdata files - cycle 1, 1994-1995

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Part 1. General file

• Number of respondents: 58,439
• Record layout & Frequencies (DDMS codebook format)
• SPSS control command file (UT/DLS rev. ed.)
• SAS control command file (UT/DLS ed.)

  Part 2. Health file

• Number of respondents: 17,626
• Record layout & Frequencies (PDF format; English language)
• SPSS control command file (UT/DLS rev. ed.)
• SAS control command file (UT/DLS ed.)

  Part 3. Documentation

• Codebook introduction (PDF format; English language)

National population health survey - cycle 1: supplements (STC rev. ed. 23/01/97)

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• Number of respondents: 13,400
• User Guide (PDF format; English language)
• Record layout, with weighted & unweighted frequencies: variables RECORDNO to SPR8Q4_1 (PDF format; English language)
• Record layout, with weighted & unweighted frequencies: variables A_Q1A to WT7 (PDF format; English language)
• Approximate sampling variability tables (PDF format; English language)
• Questionnaire: main survey [draft] March 1994 (PDF format; English language)
• Questionnaire: supplementary items (PDF format; English language)
• SPSS control command file (English language)
• SAS control command file (English language)

National population health survey - cycle 1: health institutions, 1994-1995

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• Number of respondents: 2,287
• Date created: 2000/02/23
• Date received: 2000/08/21
• User Guide (PDF format; English language)
• Frequencies, unweighted and weighted
• SPSS control command file
• SAS control command file

National population health survey public use microdata files - cycle 2, 1996-1997

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Part 1. General file

• Number of respondents: 210,377
• SPSS dictionary
• Frequencies (Unweighted)
• SPSS control command file (UT/DLS rev. ed.)
• SAS control command file (UT/DLS ed.)

  Part 2. Health file

• Number of respondents: 81,804
• SPSS dictionary
• Frequencies (Unweighted)
• SPSS control command file (UT/DLS rev.ed)
• SAS control command file (UT/DLS rev.ed)

  Part 3. Documentation

• NPHS overview (PDF format)
• User Guide: introduction (PDF format)
• Appendix A: questionnaire (PDF format)
• Appendix B: record layout - general microdata file (PDF format)
• Appendix C: record layout - health microdata file (PDF format)
• Appendix D: data dictionary - general microdata file (PDF format)
• Appendix E: data dictionary - health microdata file (PDF format)
• Appendix F: derived and grouped variables (PDF format)
• Appendix G: general microdata file - sampling variability tables (PDF format)
• Appendix H: health microdata file - sampling variability tables (PDF format)

• User guide and Appendices A through H (PDF format; 1,060 pages)

National population health survey public use microdata files - cycle 2: health institutions component, 1996-1997

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• Number of respondents: 2,118
• User Guide (PDF format; English language)
• Frequencies (PDF format; English language)
• Record layout (PDF format; English language)
• SPSS control command file (UT/DLS rev.ed)
• SAS control command file (UT/DLS rev.ed)

National population health survey public use microdata files - cycle 3, 1998-1999: household component

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Part 1. General file

• Number of respondents: 49,046
• Topical index of variables (PDF format)
• Alphabetical index of variables (PDF format)
• Unweighted frequencies (UT/DLS rev. ed.)
• SPSS control command file (UT/DLS rev. ed.)
• SAS control command file (UT/DLS ed.)

  Part 2. Health file

• Number of respondents: 17,244
• Topical index of variables (PDF format)
• Alphabetical index of variables (PDF format)
• Unweighted frequencies (UT/DLS rev. ed.)
• SPSS control command file (UT/DLS rev. ed.)
• SAS control command file (UT/DLS ed.)

  Part 3. Documentation

• User guide: introduction (PDF format)
• Appendix A: questionnaire (PDF format)
• Appendix B: record layout - general file (PDF format)
• Appendix C: record layout - health file (PDF format)
• Appendix D: data dictionary - general file with weighted and unweighted frequencies (PDF format)
• Appendix E: data dictionary - health file with weighted and unweighted frequencies (PDF format)
• Appendix F: derived and grouped variables (PDF format)
• Appendix G: sampling variability tables - general file (PDF format)
• Appendix H: sampling variability tables - health file (PDF format)
• Quality assurance guidelines (PDF format)

• How healthy are Canadians? [summary] (PDF format)