CCHS 3.1 Documentation

Question

We have been looking at the documentation for the CCHS cycle 3.1, sub-sample

Something does not quite match, namely the topical index and the data dictionary. For sub-samples 2 and 3 the number of pages referred to in the topical index equals the number of pages in the data dictionary. Not so for sub-sample 1: the data dictionary is 313 pages long and the "CCHS Cycle 3.1 - Sub-Sample 1: Topical Index, Public Use Microdata File" states that the
weights are on pages 621 and 622. Obviously the variables found in the data dictionary and its index do not match up.

It is more similar but still not the same as the topical index for the master file - 12 month, which I found on the website at
http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl?Function=get
Documentation&AC_Id=27501&AC_Version=4&ul=ul&lang=en&db=IMDB
&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2

Could someone please double-check this?

Answer

The file that you are referring to is "English DD Topical Index.pdf". This file belong's to the synthetic file(s).

Please use "English DD Alpha Index.pdf" until this Topical Index file is replaced.