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    Labour market activity patterns / Earnings

    • cmphrw28 -- Composite hourly wage all paid jobs in refyear
    • minwag28 -- Minimum wage where respondent lived at the end of refyear
    • rcvcmp28 -- Flag - Received compensation during refyear
    • rcvsa28 -- Flag - Received Social Assistance during refyear
    • rcvui28 -- Flag - Received Employment Insurance during refyear
    • rcvwc28 -- Flag - Received Workers' Compensation during refyear
    • ttwgs28 -- Total earnings from all paid jobs during refyear
    • wksreq28 -- Number of weeks of work required for EI eligibility

    Variables descriptions

    cmphrw28 -- Composite hourly wage all paid jobs in refyear

    • Type and length: Decimal(6.2)
    • Description: Composite hourly wage for all paid-worker jobs during the reference year. Calculated based on the implicit hourly wages for all paid-worker jobs, weighted using total hours paid for each. Persons with zero paid hours in any paid worker job have a "Not Applicable" value.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker
    • Range and codes:
      • 000.00:999.95 :
      • 999.96 : Interim Processing Code
      • 999.97 : Don't Know
      • 999.98 : Refusal
      • 999.99 : Not Applicable

    minwag28 -- Minimum wage where respondent lived at the end of refyear

    • Type and length: Decimal(5.2)
    • Description: Minimum wage where respondent lived at the end of the reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69
    • Range and codes:
      • 00.00:99.95 :
      • 99.96 : Interim Processing Code
      • 99.97 : Don't Know
      • 99.98 : Refusal
      • 99.99 : Not Applicable

    rcvcmp28 -- Flag - Received compensation during refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Flag to indicate whether any compensation (Employment Insurance benefits, Worker's Compensation or social assistance) was received during the reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    rcvsa28 -- Flag - Received Social Assistance during refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Flag to indicate whether Social Assistance received during the reference year. Starting in reference year 1999, all person-level variables that have to do with social assistance assign social assistance to the female spouse in a couple (or the older spouse in a same-sex couple), and not the male spouse.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    rcvui28 -- Flag - Received Employment Insurance during refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Flag to indicate whether Employment Insurance received during the reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    rcvwc28 -- Flag - Received Workers' Compensation during refyear

    • Type and length: Character(1)
    • Description: Flag to indicate whether Workers' Compensation received during the reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69
    • Range and codes:
      • 1 : Yes
      • 2 : No
      • 6 : Interim Processing Code
      • 7 : Don't Know
      • 8 : Refusal
      • 9 : Not Applicable

    ttwgs28 -- Total earnings from all paid jobs during refyear

    • Type and length: Numeric(8)
    • Description: Total earnings from all paid worker jobs during the reference year.
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the reference year AND paid worker
    • Range and codes:
      • 00000000:99999995 :
      • 99999996 : Interim Processing Code
      • 99999997 : Don't Know
      • 99999998 : Refusal
      • 99999999 : Not Applicable

    wksreq28 -- Number of weeks of work required for EI eligibility

    • Type and length: Numeric(2)
    • Description: Number of weeks of work required in order for the respondent to be eligible for unemployment insurance. (RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE)
    • Population: Persons aged 16-69
    • Range and codes:
      • 00:95 :
      • 96 : Interim Processing Code
      • 97 : Don't Know
      • 98 : Refusal
      • 99 : Not Applicable
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