DOI: 10.5683/sp3/gcxnlr
title: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey, 2008: Annual, Household File
title: Annual, Household File
title: CTUMS 2008: Annual, Household File
title: Enquête de surveillance de l'usage du tabac au Canada, 2008 : Annuel, Fichier des ménages

description: The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) was conducted by Statistics Canada with the cooperation and support of Health Canada. Statistics Canada has conducted smoking surveys on an ad hoc basis on behalf of Health Canada since the 1960s. These surveys have been done as supplements to the Canadian Labour Force Survey and as random digit dialling telephone surveys. In February 1994, a change in legislation was passed which allowed a reduction in cigarette taxes. Since there was no survey data from immediately before this legislative change, it was difficult for Health Canada or other interested analysts to measure exactly the impact of the change. As Health Canada wants to be able to monitor the consequences of legislative changes and anti-smoking policies on smoking behaviour, the Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) was designed to provide Health Canada and its partners/stakeholders with continual and reliable data on tobacco use and related issues. Since 1999, two CTUMS files have been released every year: a file with data collected from February to June and a file with the July to December data. Additionally, there is also a yearly summary. The present file covers the period from February to June 2008. The primary objective of the survey is to provide a continuous supply of smoking prevalence data against which changes in prevalence can be monitored. This objective differs from that of the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) which collects smoking data from a longitudinal sample to measure which individuals are changing their smoking behaviour, the possible factors which contribute to change, and the possible risk factors related to starting smoking and smoking duration. Because the NPHS collects data every two years and releases the data about a year after completing the collection cycle, it does not meet Health Canada's need for continuous coverage in time, rapid delivery of data, or sufficient detail of the most at-risk populations, namely 15 to 24 year olds. The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey allows Health Canada to look at smoking prevalence by province-sex-age group, for age groups 15 to 19, 20 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44 and 45 and over, on a semi-annual and annual basis. Data will continue to be collected on an on-going basis depending on availability of funds.
description: Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey
description: Migration from Nesstar
description: Notes: Suppressed information: Geographic identifiers: The survey's master data files include explicit geographic identifiers for province and stratum (census metropolitan area (CMA), non-CMA, Toronto or Montreal).The survey's public use microdata files only contain an identifier for province. Household Age Composition: Household age composition is available as the number of household members (capped at two) in the following age ranges: 0 to 14, 15 to 24, 25 to 44, and 45 and over. Other Modifications to the Household File and Person File: A small number of records on the household and person files (below 25) had a demographic variable recoded to avoid potential identification of respondents resulting from an unusual combination of characteristics. Additionally, when the sum of household members derived from the information about their age ranges exceeded five - the maximum value of the household size variable (HHSIZE), the age range variables (15 to 24, 25 to 44 and 45 and over) were modified. On those records, all the age ranges present in the household were maintained, but some of them had the value "two or more" replaced with "one". There were 178 such modifications on the Household file and 179 on the Person file. Person File Only: Geographic Identifiers: Starting with Cycle 1 of 2002, the master data file contains the first three digits of the respondent's postal code. Since Cycle 2, 2003, the master and the public use microdata files contain an urban/rural variable (DVURBAN). This variable is based on the urban/rural status of the enumeration area (defined by Statistics Canada) in which the majority of the postal codes fall. Urban areas have minimum population concentrations of 1,000 people and a population density of at least 400 people per square kilometre based on the 2001 Census population counts. All the territory outside the urban areas is considered rural. Marital Status: The detailed marital status variable (six categories) is available on the master file only, while on the public use microdata file this variable has been grouped into three categories. Level of Education: The detailed level of education variable has been replaced with a version of the variable where "no schooling" and "some elementary" categories have been grouped.;Notes: Because the survey was conducted using a sample of telephone numbers, households (and thus persons living in households) that do not have telephone land lines were excluded from the sample population. This means that people without telephones and people with cellphones only, were excluded. People without land lines account for less than 6% of the target population. However, the survey estimates have been weighted to include persons without land lines.;