Table 1 Receipt of paid maternity and parental leave benefits and employer top-ups among previously employed mothers
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
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'000 | |||||||||
All mothers with infants less than 13 months | 231 | 252 | 278 | 274 | 292 | 328 | 311 | 322 | 327 |
Receipt of Employment Insurance/Quebec Parental Insurance Plan benefits | % | ||||||||
Total | 73 | 75 | 74 | 77 | 79 | 74 | 75 | 78 | 80 |
Quebec | F | F | 79 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 83 | 93 | 90 |
Outside Quebec | F | F | 72 | 76 | 79 | 74 | 72* | 72* | 76* |
Receipt of top-up for those with Employment Insurance/Quebec Parental Insurance Plan1 | |||||||||
Total | 20 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 27 | 16 | 24 | 20 |
Quebec | F | F | F | 24 | F | 32 | 25E | 27E | 28 |
Outside Quebec | F | F | 18 | 17 | 19 | 25 | 13* | 22 | 17* |
Average weeks of top-up | weeks | ||||||||
Total | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 19 |
Quebec | F | F | F | 19 | F | 19 | 17 | 17 | 22 |
Outside Quebec | F | F | 18 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 18 |
per week (current $) | |||||||||
Average top-up payment2 | F | F | F | F | 270 | 320 | 260 | 330 | 300 |
1. Excludes the self-employed. 2. Based on valid responses of $800 or less; the variable contains a high percentage of 'not stated.' * significantly different with Quebec at the 0.05 level; tests done for 2004/2008 as bootstrap weights available for these years, allowing for a more accurate calculation of standard errors Source: Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Coverage Survey. |
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