Appendix 1
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) Record Layout, 2008

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External cross-sectional census family file (ec2008ef)
Variable name Type Size Field Start position Long name
puchid25 Character 7 1 1 Cross-sectional random household identifier
year99 Numeric 4 2 8 Reference year
d31fam26 Character 2 3 12 Economic family identifier
wtcsld26 Decimal 10.4 4 14 Regular integrated cross-sectional weight for SLID
mjieh27 Character 1 5 24 Flag - Economic family including major income earner of household, reference year
pvreg25 Character 2 6 25 Province of residence group, household, December 31, reference year
uszga25 Character 1 7 27 Adjusted size of area of residence
hhsz25 Numeric 2 8 28 Number of persons in household as of December 31 of refyear
limda25 Numeric 8 9 30 Depth of low income based the before-tax low income measure (LIM)
limsfa25 Character 1 10 38 Flag - after tax income is below LIM
agofm27 Numeric 3 11 39 Age of oldest person in economic family
agofmg27 Character 2 12 42 Age group of oldest person in economic family
agyfm27 Numeric 3 13 44 Age of youngest person in economic family
agyfmg27 Character 2 14 47 Age group of youngest person in econmic family
fmcomp27 Character 2 15 49 Economic family composition
fmsz27 Numeric 2 16 51 Number of family members
fmtyp27 Character 2 17 53 Economic family type reference person
alimo27 Numeric 8 18 55 Economic family total - Support payments received
alip27 Numeric 8 19 63 Economic family total - Support payments paid
atinc27 Numeric 8 20 71 Economic family total - after-tax income
capgn27 Numeric 8 21 79 Economic family total - Taxable capital gains
ccar27 Numeric 8 22 87 Economic family total,childcare expenses
chfed27 Numeric 8 23 95 Economic family total - Canada Child Tax Benefits (CCTB)
chprv27 Numeric 8 24 103 Economic family total - Provincial program general Child Tax Benefit (CTB)
chtxb27 Numeric 8 25 111 Economic family total - Federal provincial program general CTB
cpqpp27 Numeric 8 26 119 Economic family total - Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP)
cqpc27 Numeric 8 27 127 Economic family total - Canada and Quebec Pension Plan
earng27 Numeric 8 28 135 Economic family total earnings
eipr27 Numeric 8 29 143 Economic family total Employment Insurance contributions
fditx27 Numeric 8 30 151 Federal income tax - Economic family total
fmse27 Numeric 8 31 159 Economic family total farm self-employment net income
gi27 Numeric 8 32 167 Guaranteed Income Supplement
gstxc27 Numeric 8 33 175 Economic family total - Federal GST/HST Credit
gtr27 Numeric 8 34 183 Economic family total Government transfer, federal and provincial
inctx27 Numeric 8 35 191 Economic family total - Income tax, federal plus provincial
inva27 Numeric 8 36 199 Economic family total - Investment income
mbmpf27 Character 1 36 198 Flag- Family's disposible income below the Market Basket Measure
licoda27 Numeric 8 37 207 Depth of low income based the after-tax low income cut-off (LICO-AT)
licodb27 Numeric 8 38 215 Depth of low income based the before-tax low income cut-off (LICO-BT)
licofa27 Character 1 39 223 Flag - Family after tax income is below Low income cutoff (LICO) in reference year
licofb27 Character 1 40 224 Flag - Family before tax income is below LICO in reference year
mbinc27 Numeric 8 41 225 Economic family total-disposable income for Market Basket Measure (MBM)
mbrsd27 Decimal 8 42 233 Depth of low income based on Market Basket Measure (2008 base)
mbrsf27 Character 1 43 241 Flag- Family's disposable income below the 2008-base Market Basket Measure
medx27 Numeric 8 44 242 Economic family total - Direct medical expenses
mjsif27 Character 2 45 250 Major source of income for economic family
mtinc27 Numeric 8 46 252 Economic family total - Market income
nfmse27 Numeric 8 47 260 Economic family total - Non-farm self-employment net income
oas27 Numeric 8 48 268 Old Age Security pension
oasgi27 Numeric 8 49 276 Economic family total - Old Age Security benefits
ogovtr27 Numeric 8 50 284 Economic family total - Other government transfers
ottxm27 Numeric 8 51 292 Economic family total - Other income
pen27 Numeric 8 52 300 Economic family total - Private retirement pensions
pengiv27 Numeric 8 53 308 Pension Income Splitting (Transferee).
penrec27 Numeric 8 54 316 Pension income transfered from spouse (received)
phpr27 Numeric 8 55 324 Economic family total - Public health insurance premiums
prpen27 Numeric 8 56 332 Private pension income
pvitx27 Numeric 8 57 340 Economic family total - Provincial income tax
pvtxc27 Numeric 8 58 348 Economic family total - Provincial tax credits
rppc27 Numeric 8 59 356 Economic family total - Registered pension plan contributions
rspwi27 Numeric 8 60 364 Economic family total - RRSP withdrawals
sapis27 Numeric 8 61 372 Economic family total - Social Assistance
semp27 Numeric 8 62 380 Economic family total - Self-employment net income
ttinc27 Numeric 8 63 388 Economic family total - Total income before taxes
uccb27 Numeric 8 64 396 Economic family total - Universal child care benefit
udpd27 Numeric 8 65 404 Economic family total - Union dues (+ other profess. premiums)
uiben27 Numeric 8 66 412 Economic family total - Employment Insurance benefits
wgsal27 Numeric 8 67 420 Economic family total - Wages and salaries before deductions
wkrcp27 Numeric 8 68 428 Economic family total - Workers' compensation benefits
alhpf27 Numeric 5 69 436 Total hours paid all jobs, economic family members, reference year
fmsaf27 Character 1 70 441 Flag - Family member received Social Assistance, reference year
fmuif27 Character 1 71 442 Flag - Family member received Employment Insurance during reference year
fmwcf27 Character 1 72 443 Flag - Family member received Worker's Compensation, reference year
nbear27 Numeric 2 73 444 Number of earners 16 or older in economic family in reference year
nbempd27 Numeric 2 74 446 Number of economic family members employed any time during reference year
nbfyft27 Numeric 2 75 448 Number economic family members in full-year full-time jobs,reference year
nbscft27 Numeric 2 76 450 Number of 16+ attending school full-time, reference year
nbscpt27 Numeric 2 77 452 Number in family 16+ in school part-time in reference year
nbsemp27 Numeric 2 78 454 Number of family members self-employed during reference year
nbunem27 Numeric 2 79 456 Number of family members unemployed during reference year
nbwke27 Numeric 3 80 458 Number of weeks employed, all family members, reference year
nbwkue27 Numeric 3 81 461 Weeks unemployed for all family members during reference year
GST: Goods and services tax
HST: Harmonized sales tax
RRSP: Registered retirement savings plan
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