National Population Health Survey, 1994-95 [Canada]: General File ...

• Main Author: Statistics Canada. Health Statistics Division
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Borealis 2023
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Yukon
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5683/sp3/vh4pcw; https://borealisdata.ca/citation?persistentId=doi:10.5683/SP3/VH4PCW

The National Population Health Survey (NPHS) is designed to collect information related to the health of the Canadian population. The first cycle of data collection began in 1994, and will continue every second year thereafter. The survey will collect not only cross-sectional information, but also data from a panel of individuals at two-year intervals.The target population of the NPHS includes household residents in all provinces, with the principal exclusion of populations on Indian Reserves, Canadian Forces Bases and some remote areas in Quebec and Ontario. Separate surveys were conducted to cover the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and the Institutions (long term residents of hospitals and residential care facilities) and will be presented at a later stage.. The NPHS data are stored in four different data sets. Some information was collected from all household members. This information is stored in the General file. From each household, one person, aged 12 years and over, was selected to answer a more ...