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Canada Survey of Household Spending 1999

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
1998 Survey of Household Spending
Provider 
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Microdata access: Request
Geography 
Canada (CAN)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/1999 - 03/1999
Series or system 
Canada Survey of Household Spending
Data type
Survey:
  • Cross-sectional
  • Household
  • Interview
  • Nationally representative
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

Beginning in 1998, the Survey of Household Spending, or SHS, replaced both the Family Expenditure Survey and the Household Facilities and Equipment Survey.

For this year data was collected in the beginning of 1999 for the reference period of 1998 and the sample was 20,236 households.

Institutional populations, residents of Indian reservations, and official representatives of foreign countries were excluded from the survey.

Statistics Canada provides a public use microdata file.

Keywords 
Assets, Cooking fuels, Education expenditures, Employment, Family composition, Family size, Household air pollution, Household expenditures, Household heat, Housing conditions, Income, Internet, Loans, Marital status, Mass media, Personal health expenditures, Public social assistance, Taxes, Telephones, Transportation
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021