NPHS supplement

Question

I have a grad student looking for the Nutrition Supplement Survey for thefollowing years:
1994-1995
1996-1997
1998-1999
2000-2001
2002-2003
2004-2005

In the StatCan online catalogue it lists supplements of NPHS as being available to DLI members.

http://www.statcan.ca:8096/bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=82M0018S

Is this still the case? If so, can we obtain these files for our student?

I do see the 1994-1995 supplemental files on the ftp site but those are the only ones available.

Is this a matter of custom tab or RDC as options for receiving the data?

Answer

First, there was never any supplement on nutrition in either of our surveys. We did have something related to nutrition but it is the Food Insecurity Supplement of the NPHS, and it was done as a one-time special survey in 1996-1997. This Supplement was sponsored by Human Resource Development Canada to help them in developing policies. The file was never released as a public use microdata file, unfortunately, and is available on request in Research Data Centers.

Second, we recently published the CCHS - Nutrition - General Health component, which is focused on nutrition. The Public file will be available at the end of November, and is also available in request in Research Data Centers.