Synthetic: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2012: Mental Health Component [Canada]

PLEASE NOTE: This is a Synthetic data file, also known as a Dummy File - it is NOT real data. This synthetic data file should not be used for purposes other than to develop and test computer programs that are to be submitted by remote access. Each record in the synthetic file matches the format and content parameters of the real Statistics Canada Master File with which it is associated, but the data themselves have been 'made up'. They do NOT represent responses from real individuals and should NOT be used for actual analysis. These data are provided solely for the purpose of testing statistical packing 'code' (e.g. SPSS syntax, SAS programs, etc.) in preparation for analysis using the associated Master File in a Research Data Centre, by Remote Job Submission, or by some other means of secure access. If statistical analysis 'code' works with the synthetic data, researchers can have some confidence that the same code will run successfully against the Master File data in the Research Data Centres. The Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health (CCHS-MH) is a cross-sectional survey that collected information about mental health status, access to and perceived need for formal and informal services and supports, functioning and disability, and covariates. Collection for the CCHS-MH took place between January 2012 and December 2012. With a realized sample size of 25,113 individuals, the CCHS-MH is designed to provide reliable estimates at the provincial level by age group and sex. In order to provide researchers with a means to access the master file, a remote access facility has been implemented. Remote access provides researchers with the possibility to submit computer programs via e-mail to a dedicated address [e-mail] and to receive the results by return e-mail. To obtain remote access privileges, it is necessary that researchers obtain advance approval from the Health Statistics Division. Requests must be submitted to the aforementioned e-mail address and must provide the following, clearly itemized information: • the researcher's affiliation, • the name of all researchers involved in the research project, • the title of the research project, • an abstract of the research project, • the goals of the research project, • the data to which access is required (CCHS-MH), • why the project requires access to the master data rather than the PUMF, • why Remote Access service is chosen rather than on-site access in a Research Data Centre (RDC), • the expected results, and • the project's expected completion date. Further information is available by contacting Health Statistics Division at the above e-mail address. Once the request for remote access has been approved, the researcher can submit his/her computer programs to Health Statistics Division for processing on the master file. The SAS or SPSS output is reviewed by the team for confidentiality concerns and returned to the researcher. However, the correctness and accuracy of each program submission remains, at all times, the sole responsibility of the researcher.

请注意：本文件为合成数据文件（Synthetic data file），亦称为虚拟文件（Dummy File），并非真实数据。此类合成数据文件仅可用于开发与测试将通过远程访问提交的计算机程序，不得挪作他用。合成文件中的每条记录均与其关联的加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）主文件的格式与内容参数保持一致，但数据均为虚构，不代表真实个体的反馈，不得用于实际分析。

此类数据仅用于测试统计打包代码（如SPSS语法、SAS程序等），以便研究者后续通过远程作业提交或其他安全访问方式，在研究数据中心使用关联的主文件开展分析。若某统计分析代码可在合成数据上正常运行，则研究者可确信，该代码在研究数据中心的主文件数据上同样可以成功运行。

加拿大社区健康调查-心理健康模块（Canadian Community Health Survey - Mental Health, CCHS-MH）为横断面调查，旨在收集心理健康状况、正式与非正式服务及支持的可及性与感知需求、功能与残疾情况，以及协变量相关信息。该调查于2012年1月至2012年12月间开展，有效样本量达25113名个体，可按年龄组与性别提供省级层面的可靠估计值。

为向研究者提供主文件访问途径，现已搭建远程访问设施。通过该设施，研究者可通过电子邮件向专用地址[e-mail]提交计算机程序，并通过回复邮件获取分析结果。

若要获得远程访问权限，研究者需事先获得卫生统计司的批准。申请需发送至上述邮箱，并提供以下逐项列明的信息：
• 研究者所属机构
• 参与本研究项目的所有研究者姓名
• 研究项目标题
• 研究项目摘要
• 研究项目目标
• 所需访问的数据（CCHS-MH）
• 本项目为何需要访问主数据而非公共使用微数据文件（Public Use Microdata File, PUMF）
• 为何选择远程访问服务而非研究数据中心（Research Data Centre, RDC）的现场访问
• 预期研究成果
• 项目预期完成日期

更多信息可通过上述邮箱联系卫生统计司获取。远程访问申请获批后，研究者可将其计算机程序发送至卫生统计司，用于在主文件上运行处理。团队将对SAS或SPSS的输出结果进行保密审查后返还给研究者，但所有程序提交的正确性与准确性始终由研究者本人全权负责。