UT/DLS: education data

Canadian education data in the UT/DLS collection

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Table of contents: microdata files, aggregate statistics, places to search for more

Microdata files

The data files described here are restricted for use by University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff for academic research and teaching only. N.B. This page provides access only to documentation describing these data files. For access to data files, please contact UT Data Library Service
Canada
2000s
National longitudinal survey of children and youth, cycle 6: 2004-2005. Principal investigator: Statistics Canada	Access data and documentation Synthetic file only
Adult education and training survey, 2003 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation Also available via Remote data access.
International adult literacy and skills survey (IALSS), 2003 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
Programme for international student assessment (PISA), 2003 Principal investigator: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	Access documentation
Survey of approaches to educational planning, 2002 (SAEP) Principal investigator: Statistics Canada for Human Resources Development Canada	Access data and documentation
National longitudinal survey of children and youth, cycle 5: 2002-2003. Principal investigator: Statistics Canada	Access data and documentation Synthetic file only
Student financial survey, 2001-2002 Principal investigator: EKOS Research Associates for Canadian Millenium Scholarship Foundation	Access data Restricted Report, SPSS dictionary, unweighted frequencies, baseline questionnaire, monthly questionnaire
National longitudinal survey of children and youth, cycle 4: 2000-2001. Principal investigator: Statistics Canada	Access data and documentation Synthetic file only
Youth in transition survey, 2000 - . Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys	Access data and documentation Synthetic file only
Programme for international student assessment (PISA), 2000 Principal investigator: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	Access documentation
1990s
Survey of approaches to educational planning, 1999(SAEP) Principal investigator: Statistics Canada for Human Resources Development Canada	Access data and documentation
National longitudinal survey of children and youth, cycle 3: 1998/1999. Principal investigator: Statistics Canada	Access data and documentation
Adult education and training survey, 1998 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation Also available via Remote data access.
General social survey cycle 12 : time use, 1998 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. General Social Surveys	Access data and documentation
Health behaviour in school-aged children, 1997-1998 Principal investigator: Health Canada for World Health Organization Producer: Queen's University. Social Program Evaluation Group	SPSS dictionary listing Contact UT/DLS for access
National survey of 1995 graduates, 1997 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Household Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
National longitudinal survey of children and youth, cycle 2: 1996/1997. Principal investigator: Statistics Canada	Access data and documentation
School leavers follow-up survey, 1995 Principal investigator: Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada. Centre for Education Statistics	user guide, record layout, questionnaire, unweighted frequencies, SPSS commands
National survey of 1990 graduates, 1995 follow-up survey Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Household Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
International adult literacy survey. 1994-1996: Canada file. Principal investigators: Statistics Canada, National Literacy Secretariat & Human Resources Development	Codebook, etc.
National longitudinal survey of children and youth, cycle 1: 1994/1995. Principal investigator: Statistics Canada	Access data and documentation
Adult education and training survey, 1994 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
General social survey, cycle 9 : education, work, and retirement, 1994 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. General Social Surveys	Access data and documentation
Adult education and training survey, 1992 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division.	Print documentation available in UT/DLS SPSS control commands
General social survey cycle 7 : time use, 1992 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. General Social Surveys	Access data and documentation
National survey of 1990 graduates, 1992 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Household Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
School leavers survey, 1991 Principal investigator: Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada. Centre for Education Statistics	user guide, questionnaire, record layout, unweighted frequencies, SAS commands, SPSS commands
Adult education and training survey, 1990 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division.	Print documentation available in UT/DLS Codebook, etc.
1980s
General social survey cycle 4 : education and work - 1989 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. General Social Surveys	Data and codebookx, etc.
Survey of literacy skills used in daily activity, 1989 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division
National survey of 1986 graduates, 1988 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Household Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
National survey of 1982 graduates, 1987 follow-up survey Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Household Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
Adult training survey, 1986 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division	Codebook, etc.
General social survey cycle 2 : time use, social mobility & language, 1986 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. General Social Surveys	Codebook, etc.
Academic profession in Canada, 1985 Principal investigator: Lennards, Jos	Access documentation
Adult education survey, 1984 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Special Surveys Division.	SPSS dictionary, unweighted frequencies, SPSS control commands
National survey of 1982 graduates, 1984 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Household Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
Survey of postsecondary students, 1984 Principal investigator: Canada. Department of the Secretary of State.
1970s
National survey of 1976 graduates, 1978 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada. Household Surveys Division.	Access data and documentation
Ontario
Drop-out phenomenon in Ontario secondary schools : project #877019 [1987] Principal investigator: Goldfarb Consultants for Ontario. Ministry of Education
Ontario adult literacy survey, 1998 Principal investigator: Statistics Canada.	Access data and documentation
Ontario secondary school survey, 1984 Principal investigators: Queen's University. Social Program Evaluation Group & A.J.C. King	Print documentation available in UT/DLS
Toronto
Grade-9 census, 1979 Principal investigators: Andrews, Howard and Philip Webb	Print documentation available in UT/DLS
International
International adult literacy survey. 1994-1996 Principal investigators: Statistics Canada, National Literacy Secretariat & Human Resources Development	Access documentation
Programme for international student assessment (PISA), 2000 Principal investigator: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	Access documentation

Places to search for more

Searching has two main objectives: (1) identifying appropriate data sources, and (2) determining whether or not the Data Library has the data.

Identifying appropriate data sources
- Guide to data on elementary and secondary education in Canada (STC 81F0004GPB/GIB) 1995
  A 'bibliography' of STC data collection activities and output products relevant to research on elementary and secondary education, to about 1994.
- Guide to Statistics Canada information and data sources on adult education and training (STC 81-580XIB) 1997
  A 'bibliography' of STC data collection activities and output products relevant to research on adult education, to about 1996.
- Finding Canadian, U.S. and internaitonal research data
- Indices and abstracts:
  The above indices, search services, and guides provide information about government-produced data sources only. No cohesive indexing is currently available of data collected in the academic and commercial sectors. The only means of identifying data files collected in the academic/commercial sectors is by searching the academic literature using indices and abstracting services such as ERIC, Social Science Citation index, etc.
Establishing whether or not the UT/DLS has the data
- Search the UT/DLS inventory of holdings.
  Searchable by words in title/subtitles and/or authors (aka 'principal investigators') only. Includes only titles currently in UT/DLS collection.
- If the UT/DLS does have the data contact Data Library Service to get access. First think about what software format you need the file in (what software will you be using for your analyses), and whether you need the whole file, or a subset of cases and/or variables.
- If the UT/DLS does not have the data contact Data Library Service to determine whether or not the UT/DLS can obtain a copy for you.

Html document by Laine G.M. Ruus, Data Library Service, University of Toronto
Created: 1999. Last updated: 2009-09-24