Statistics Canada
www.statcan.gc.ca
Common menu bar links
Table 2
Employment impact for parents of children with disabilities, by severity, Canada, 2006
| Employment Impact | Severity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Mild to moderate | Severe to very severe | |
| percentage | |||
| Not taken a job | 26.4 | 16.4 | 39.8 |
| Quit working | 21.6 | 13.2 | 32.9 |
| Changed work hours | 36.5 | 26.9 | 49.4 |
| Turned down promotion | 19.7 | 10.5 | 31.9 |
| Worked fewer hours | 38.4 | 29.1 | 50.8 |
| Worked more hours | 9.7 | 6.4 | 14.2 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006. | |||
