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Table 7 Job quality indicators by family work pattern

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  Families with children1 Families without children2
Long family hours Consistently standard One low, one at least standard Long family hours Consistently standard One low, one at least standard
%
Union coverage3
Men 24.8 38.2 28.1 16.6 44.4 29.7
Women 30.0 36.1 29.2 26.5 40.9 26.5
Pension coverage3
Men 43.2 63.8 47.8 40.2 63.0 47.9
Women 46.5 61.7 37.1 47.0 60.0 39.2
Firm size3, 4
Men
Less than 100 employees 55.9 32.6 45.1 53.0 29.2 48.4
100 to 499 employees 11.1 13.1 12.6 11.4 11.3 11.1
500 employees or more 29.9 51.9 39.1 33.9 56.4 37.5
Women
Less than 100 employees 50.0 33.2 48.9 44.8 30.5 46.2
100 to 499 employees 14.3 12.0 11.8 20.3 13.9 15.2
500 employees or more 33.5 50.6 35.2 33.9 52.2 34.2
Multiple jobs at some point
Men 23.0 10.5 18.7 22.1 10.5 19.9
Women 24.3 15.2 20.7 22.5 16.1 17.9
Experienced a job change
Men 21.3 23.6 28.3 29.3 26.2 29.8
Women 24.6 21.9 29.1 27.7 25.6 34.6
1. 'Families with children' refer to those with both a head and a spouse with at least one child under 18.
2. The weights of families without children have been modified to account for age differences with families with children.
3. Based on main job in the year they reported the most hours.
4. Statistics about firm size may not add up because of ‘unknown' answers in Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).
Note: ‘Standard' includes high-low individuals. Includes families in which both parents are participating in the labour market.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, longitudinal panels 1996 to 2001, 1999 to 2004, and 2002 to 2007.