Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care 2008

Question

A researcher here has inquired about the Canadian Survey of Experiences
with Primary Health Care 2008.  The Daily from Thursday February 5, 2009,
states that "The microdata file ... is now available."  I checked the
dlilist and found the appended message from 2008, indicating that there
would be no PUMF, but that the master file would be available via the RDCs.
The researcher has already checked with the RDC and was told that it is not
presently available there, which is what I also found from their web pages.
Would it be possible to check again with the author division to confirm if
and when this survey might be made available to researchers?  Thanks, Gary
Strike.

Answer

The author division provided me with answers to your questions as well as an update on the status of the PUMF for the Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care 2008:

1.  A PUMF will be released and is planned for the fall of 2009.

2.  The February 5, 2009 release is announcing that the division itself has microdata from which it can produce custom tabulations.  It did not mean that a microdata file was available to researchers.

3.  While the master file is not presently available at the RDCs, it can be made available through the RDCs if a researcher submits a proposal.  Your researcher should go back to the RDC and enquire about that if they want access to the master file.