Table 5
Data availability on interhousehold transfers in four Statistics Canada surveys
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Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics | Survey of Household Spending | Survey of Financial Security 2005 | Survey of Financial Security 1999 | |
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Reference period available | 20061 to 2008 | 19982 to 2008 | 2005 for assets 2004 for income and transfers | 1999 for assets 1998 for income and transfers |
data availability | ||||
Voluntary interhousehold transfers | ||||
Household/family count | ||||
Sent | Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 |
Received | Yes3 | Unable to disentangle | Yes4 | Yes4 |
Dollar amount | ||||
Sent | Yes3 | Yes3 | Yes3 | No |
Received | Yes3 | Unable to disentangle | Yes3 | No |
Other dimensions5 | ||||
Domestic/international transfer | Yes3 | Yes3 | No | No |
Relationship with receiver/donor | No | No | No | Yes4 |
Payment frequency | No | No | No | Yes4 |
Counted as receiver/donor | Family members that live outside the household | Any persons that live outside the household | Family members that live outside the household | Family members that live outside the household |
Unit of analysis | Households/ individual | Households | Economic families | Economic families |
Alimony, separation allowance and child support payments6 | ||||
Dollar amounts sent | Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 | No |
Dollar amounts received | Yes3 | Yes4 | Yes4 | No |
1. Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) 2006 did not ask respondents age 66 and over questions about interhousehold transfers. 2. The 1997 Survey of Household Spending (SHS) was not used, since involuntary interhousehold transfers such as alimony, separation allowance and child support payments were included as one question on interhousehold transfers. 3. Data that are available and used in this study. 4. Data available from surveys. 5. Listed for comparison. 6. Alimony, separation allowance and child support payments by court order or written agreement are considered involuntary interhousehold transfers and are included for comparison. Sources: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID); Survey of Household Spending (SHS); and Survey of Financial Security (SFS) questionnaires. |
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