Table 3 Average weeks of payments for mothers with employer top-ups

  Weeks
All mothers 19
Province of residence
Quebec (ref.) 22
Outside Quebec 18
Education
University degree (ref.) 21
Less than university degree 18
Union status
Unionized (ref.) 21
Non-unionized 16
Job tenure
Less than 3 years (ref.) 17
3 to 5 years 17
6 years or more 22*
Size of company
1 to 500 employees (ref.) 18
Over 500 employees 20
Sector
Public (ref.) 22***
Private 12
Hourly earnings
Less than $20.00 (ref.) 20
$20.00 to $24.99 18
$25.00 or more 20
* significantly different from the reference group (ref.) at the 0.05 level,
*** at the 0.001 level
Source: Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance Coverage Survey, 2008.
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