New files on Statistics Canada Nesstar

Hello,

We are pleased to inform you that the following are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar WebView site.

• Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) 1996, 1997 & 1998 PUMF
• Survey of Displaced Workers (SDW) 1986 PUMF (English only)
• Survey of Household Energy Use (SHEU) 1993 PUMF (English only)

Should you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us.

New files on Statistics Canada Nesstar

We are pleased to inform you that the following are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar WebView site.

·         Retirement Survey (RS) 1975 Pre-Retirement PUMF (English only)

·         Retirement Survey (RS) 1975 Retirement PUMF (English only)

·         Labour Market Activity Survey (LMAS) 1986 Job File PUMF (English only)

·         Labour Market Activity Survey (LMAS) 1987 Job File PUMF (English only)

·         Canadian Travel Survey (CTS) 1980 Person Trip Data PUMF (English only)

·         Family History Survey (FHS) 1984 PUMF (English only)

Should you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact us.

Changes to monthly LFS 2017 data files

Notice
It has been brought to the attention of the DLI team that Labour Force Survey (LFS) data from January 2017 – July 2017 contained errors with numerical variables. Variables such as HRLYARN and UHRSMAIN were missing decimal place holders. As such, their values were off by a factor of 100. We have since fixed the issue and re-released the data on the DLI FTP site.

The updated files are named v2 and located here:
/MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3701_LFS_EPA/1976-2017/data/micro2017-01-v2.zip /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3701_LFS_EPA/1976-2017/data/ micro2017-02-v2.zip /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3701_LFS_EPA/1976-2017/data/micro2017-03-v2.zip /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3701_LFS_EPA/1976-2017/data/micro2017-04-v2.zip /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3701_LFS_EPA/1976-2017/data/micro2017-05-v2.zip /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3701_LFS_EPA/1976-2017/data/micro2017-06-v2.zip /MAD_PUMF_FMGD_DAM/Root/3701_LFS_EPA/1976-2017/data/micro2017-07-v2.zip

These changes will be reflected in NESSTAR shortly. We will notify the list when this is complete.

New files on Statistics Canada Nesstar

We are pleased to inform you that the following are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar WebView site (http://dli-idd-nesstar.statcan.gc.ca/webview).

PUMFs

Canadian Income Survey (CIS), 2014
Canadian Income Survey (CIS), 2013
Canadian Income Survey (CIS), 2012

Public Master Files (metadata only)

Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS), 2015

And more to come!

To access the microdata housed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs), researchers must submit a project proposal to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Statistics Canada.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.

New files on Statistics Canada Nesstar

We are pleased to inform you that the following are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar WebView site (http://dli-idd-nesstar.statcan.gc.ca/webview).

PUMFs
Labour Force Survey (LFS), 2016 – October
Labour Force Survey (LFS), 2016 – November
Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS), 2014

And more to come!

To access the microdata housed in the Research Data Centres (RDCs), researchers must submit a project proposal to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Statistics Canada.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments.

DLI Nesstar search

DID YOU KNOW!

The Nesstar search allows users to search surveys or statistical products for both public-use microdata files (PUMF) and public master files (http://www120.statcan.gc.ca/dli/e1/stu). It also allows the search of variables(http://www120.statcan.gc.ca/dli/e2/var).

The DLI team is pleased to announce that there have been further updates to the Nesstar search!

SEARCH TIPS!

Use Boolean operators (AND, +, OR, NOT, -) to expand or narrow your search results.
Note: the default search is AND, and Boolean operators must be capitalized.

Try using phrase search “” (i.e. “users of SLID data”) in your query.

To expand your search results, use truncation (i.e. immigr* -> immigration, immigrated, immigrating)

FEEDBACK!

We are always making improvements to the Nesstar search and welcome your feedback!

DLI Nesstar Access

Question

Is it possible to request username/password access to DLI Nesstar for one or more faculty members at our Institution who are frequent PUMF users?

If so what is the process to acquire the username?

Does the DLI have a rough idea when end-user access will be available to DLI subscribing institutions?

Answer

At this time, to use the Nesstar system, users require a username and password. We would be happy to provide usernames and passwords for faculty and class groups to Nesstar and can do so immediately. We would just require you to email our dli-idd@statcan.gc.ca with the institution name, client’s full name and email as well as their desired username.

Nesstar
Nesstar Webview (http://www62.statcan.ca/webview/) is a web-based system for disseminating PUMFs in the DLI Collection. Data and metadata can be viewed without the need for specialized software. Using a standard web browser, users are able to access, search, locate, browse, analyse and download data and metadata. For more information, please consult Nesstar WebView user guide: http://www.nesstar.com/help/4.0/webview/index.html

Statistics Canada Nesstar Data Portal & Subsets

Question

I recently provided the complete CCHS PUMF (SPSS format) to a requestor which I obtained from the StatCan Nesstar Data Portal. While doing that I noticed that there appears to be an option to subset the datafile in the Nesstar interface but when I click that ‘button’ there are no available variables included. Am I correct in assuming that subsetting from Nesstar is not configured?

Answer

In Nesstar Web view, when you click the subset button, the variable list (box next to variable) is empty, because you have to choose which variables to subset. If the client were to open the Variable Description tab under the survey name on the left hand column, find the desired variables off the list, it will allow them to select the variable to subset. They can then choose the value for that variable, click add, hit more, and choose another variable, etc.