Thursday, January 29, 2015

LFS Revisions 2011 Census Data

Question

In December, STC announced pending standard revisions to the LFS estimates based on 2011 census data, back to through to 2001 LFS products (Reference: it was mentioned in The Daily here <http://www.statcan .gc.ca/daily-quotidien/150128/dq150128b-eng.htm?WT.mc_id=twt>, and this week, STC released a revisions document here <http://www5.statcan.gc.ca/olc-cel/olc.action?ObjId=71F0031X2015001&ObjType=46&lang=en&limit=0#tab1>.) All the announcements state that rebased estimates are making their way into CANSIM this January and early February. Is there a timeline for release for rebased LFS microdata?

Answer


We have received the files, but there seems to be some issues with them. I have contacted Labour Force for clarification and once I receive that, I will then version them onto the EFT site. These will likely be ready by the end of the week.