Women in Canada: work chapter updates

http://www.statcan.ca/english/IPS/Data/89F0133XIE.htm

       Abstract:

      This report provides annual updates to the data presented in the
labour force chapter in the Statistics Canada
      publication Women in Canada 2000 (catalogue no. 89-503-XPE, October
2000) which documents the major
      changes in the evolving status of women in Canada. Topics covered in
this report include trends in employment,
      shifts in the occupational distribution of women, part-time work,
self-employment and unemployment rates.

       Division responsible: Housing, Family and Social Statistics Division

      Table of contents:

      Introduction
      More women employed
      Employment levels vary across the country
      Chances of employment increase with higher education
      Ages 25 to 54 prime working years for women
      Dramatic increases in employment among women with children
      Female lone parents less likely to be employed
      Many women work part-time
      Increasing numbers of women self-employed
      Still concentrated in traditional female occupations
      Unemployment lower among women
      Tables
      1. Employment, 1976-2003
      2. Percentage of the population aged 15 and over employed, by
province, 1976-2003
      3. Percentage employed, by age and educational attainment, 2003
      4. Percentage employed, by age, 1976-2003
      5. Percentage of women with children employed, by age of youngest
child, 1976-2003
      6. Employment of women with children, by family status and age of
youngest child, 1976-2003
      7. Part-time employment, 1976-2003
      8. Percentage employed part-time,1 by age, 1976-2003
      9. Reasons for part-time work, by age, 2003
      10. Self-employment, 1976-2003
      11. Distribution of employment, by occupation, 1987, 1994 and 2003
      12. Unemployment, 1976-2003
      13. Unemployment rates, by age, 1976-2003
      14. Unemployment rates, by age and province, 2003
      15. Unemployed, by reason for leaving last job, 2003

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