Extending the Relevance of the Longitudinal Files (ERLF)
- National Population Health Survey (NPHS) – Linked to T1 Family file (T1FF) and the Canadian Vital Statistics Deaths Database
- Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) - Linked to T1 Family File (T1FF), Canadian Vital Statistics Deaths Database and Canadian Cancer Registry
- Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) - Linked to T1 Family File (T1FF)
- National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) – Linked to T1 Family File (T1FF)
- Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants (LSIC) – Linked to Canadian Vital Statistics Deaths Database and Canadian Cancer Registry.
Longitudinal data allow researchers to be able to better understand the factors behind events or problems. Given the importance of longitudinal data in research, it was important to find a way to extend the usefulness of Statistics Canada's longitudinal data for research purposes.
For this project, outcome files were created by adding variables from newer data files and the survey identifier from the original longitudinal files. Researchers will need to merge the longitudinal file with these outcome files to build a linked analysis file for analytical purposes.
Instructions for merging files is provided in the user guide. Additional documentation on the selected T1FF outcome variables is available in the RDCs to researchers with approved projects. Metadata on the Canadian Vital Statistics – Deaths and the Canadian Cancer Registry variables are also available in the RDCs.
The variables that are included in the outcome files are:
T1 Family File (T1FF) (1993 to 2015)
Geographic Identifiers
- FPSCO
- Family Postal code
Personal income
- LFI
- Labour Force Income
- SOP4A
- Other Pension
- OASP
- Old Age Security payments
- CQPP
- Benefits from CPP and QPP
- XDIV
- Taxable Dividend
- INVI
- Investment and Other Investment Income
- RDSP
- RDSP Income
- RNET
- Net Rental Income
- TALIR
- Spousal and Child Support Payments
- OI
- Other income
- RRSPO
- RRSP Income – Aged 65 +
- LTPI
- Net Limited Partnership Income
- WKCPY
- Workers Compensation Income
- SASPY
- Social assistance income
- NFSL
- Income from Net Federal Supplements
- PTXCCL
- Provincial Taxable Tax Credits
- GHSTC
- GST Refund
- FABEN
- Family Benefit
- CTBI
- Total Amount of CTB
- UCCB
- Universal Child Care Benefit
- WITB
- Working Income Tax Benefit
- XTIRC
- Total income
- AFTNC
- After tax income, excl. capital gains/losses (not available 1993-1996)
- NAIC1
- MAIN INDUSTRY FOR T4 EARNINGS (3 DIGIT NAICS)
- NAIC2
- SECONDARY INDUSTRY FOR T4 EARNINGS (3 DIGIT NAICS)
Family income
- FXTI
- Total family income
- FAFTNC
- Family after-tax income excluding capital gains (not available 1993-1996)
Other
- RCTP
- Record Type
- AFS
- Adjusted family size
- FCMP
- Family composition
- MSTCO
- Marital status
- TPAJA
- Pension adjustment
- FALIM
- Low income measure after tax (not available 1993-1997)
- FBLIM
- Low income before tax (not available 1993-1997)
Deductions
- DISDN
- Disability deduction for self
- EDUPT
- Education deduction - part time
- EDUDC
- Education deduction - full time
- TUTDN
- Tuition fees for self
- DUES
- Union or professional dues
- T4RP
- Registered pension plan deductions (line 207 of T1 form)
- RRSPC
- RRSP/polled registered pension plan deduction (line 208 of T1 form)
- RSPCN
- RRSP and PRPP contributions made between March year of taxation and February year after taxation year
Vital Statistics – Deaths (1993 to 2014)
- Date of death (MMDDYY)
- Date of death (MMDDYY)
- Underlying cause of death
- Underlying cause of death
Canadian Cancer Registry (1992 to 2015)
- T 121
- Date of diagnosis
- T 15
- ICD-O-3 Topography
- T 21
- ICD-O-3 Histology
- T 22
- ICD-O-3 Behaviour
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