Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA)

Dataset Information
Name  Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA)
UUID  4993f8d6-9085-44ef-b0e7-a7ed2c2e0a01
Site  Statistics Canada - Research Data Centres
Region  Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Saskatchewan
Description  The Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA) is a study that examines changes in Canadian society over time. LISA uses household interviews to collect information from approximately 34,000 Canadians age 15+ years from more than 11,000 households. LISA aims to improve our understanding of what is happening in the lives of Canadians so we can see what services they require, and what kinds of information they need to support their decision-making about today and the future.
Format  None
Purpose  LISA results could shed light on: - Long-term impacts of postsecondary education; - Transitions in the workplace and across the labour force; - Impacts of complex issues such as job loss and poor health; - Standards of living for retirees and changes that may occur over time.
Scope  The Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA) covers the population living in Canada's ten provinces as of the first Wave of the survey (2011), plus their future children. Excluded from the survey's coverage are those living in Canada's territories, as well as those who at the time of Wave 1 were: living on reserves and other Aboriginal settlements in the provinces; official representatives of foreign countries living in Canada and their families; members of religious and other communal colonies; members of the Canadian Armed Forces stationed outside of Canada; living full-time in institutions, for example, inmates of correctional facilities and chronic care patients living in hospitals and nursing homes; or living in other collective dwellings
Data Level  Individual
Collection Period  01/01/2007-12/31/2008;01/01/2012-12/31/2012;01/01/2014-12/31/2014;01/01/2016-12/31/2016
Last Updated 2023-11-28