Preprocessed walking episodes (1986).
walking_1986.RdThis dataset contains all the walking episodes from the 1986 GSS Survey. We identified the walking episodes and selected the places of origin and destination, measuring the time spent, weight and other information about the activities.
Usage
data(walking_1986)Format
A data frame containing 4347 rows and 17 variables; each row represents a unique episode.
- PUMFID
Public Use Microdata File Identifier. This variable serves as the link between the Main and the Episode files. Each case has a unique record identifier and this appears on every episode
- WGHT_EPI
Episode weight. In 1986 the episode weight is the same as the summary weight, and is the number of persons that a record represents (see p. 18 of Cycle 2's Documentation and User's Guide)
- ACTCODE
Activity code of the episode.
- act_label
Activity (labeled).
- STARTIME
Start time (in minutes) of the episode.
- ENDTIME
End time (in minutes) of the episode.
- DURATION
Duration (in minutes) of the episode.
- origin
Place of origin of the episode (in code).
- destination
Place of destination of the episode (in code).
- orig_label
Place of origin of the episode (labeled).
- dest_label
Place of destination of the episode (labeled).
- YEAR
The year of the survey (1986).
- MODE
The transportation mode of the episode (walking).
- LUC_RST
Code with the characteristic of the respondent's region of residence (how urbanized/rural).
- PRV
Code of the Province or Territory.
- Pop_centre
This variable informs if the respondent resides in a Census Metropolitan Area or Census Agglomeration.
- Province
Name of the Province or Territory.
Source
General Social Survey (GSS) / Odesi
Adapted from Statistics Canada, General Social Survey Cycle 2, 1986. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
See also
Cycle 2: Time Use, Social Mobility and Language Use. Public Use Microdata File Documentation and User’s Guide