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Labour Force Historical Review
Sandra Keys, University of Waterloo
DLI OntarioTrainingUniversity of Guelph, Guelph, ON
April 12, 2006
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Labour Force Historical Review
Photo courtesy of Christy Branston
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What is it?
Derived from the Labour Force Survey estimates Aggregated Over 100 tables in B20/20 format Thousands of cross-classified data series Covers topics such as
Employment and unemployment Education Family characteristics Industry and occupation data Wages
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What is it?
Data available from 1976-2005, with current issue, on monthly and annual bases, as well as some seasonally adjusted monthly and 3-month moving average For older data, consult Historical Statistics of
Canada or previous LFS publications Geographic coverage: national and
provincial, with some sub-provincial (Economic Regions and CMAs) for labour force status
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Why should I use it?
Easily spot patterns or trends of the labour market in one file
Changes taken into account across all years e.g., in 2005 edition,
Adjusted to 2001 Census population counts Reclassified to the 2002 NAICS and 2001 NOC-S CMA boundaries based on 2001 Census boundaries
And…it’s easy to use!
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When shouldn’t I use it?
What you see is what you get Want to do your own analysis? The cross-tab you need isn’t there? Need more granularity?
So, Head back to the LFS PUMF
Data aren’t aggregated
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How do I know what I need to know?
That’s right! Read the documentation!!
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How do I know what I need to know? Definitions
What do they really mean by…? Changes are documented in section 3 of the Guide (Dictionary of
Concepts and Defintions) Methodology
Population coverage Approximately 2% of the population is not covered
Residents of the territories, those living on Indian Reserves, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces, inmates of institutions
Sample design and size Provinces regions within provinces strata clusters Variation in number of households sampled
Sample rotation Every 6 months 1/6th of the households are out and new ones in
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How do I know what I need to know? Data Collection
Household change within the 6-month period Weighting to account for non-responding households
Data Processing Response data are subjected to edit and imputation processes
When errors or omissions detected, replaced by imputation or logically consistent values
If a value is suspicious but reasonable, it will find its way in Coding of industry and occupation based on respondent’s job
description Creation of derived variables Weighting Seasonal adjustment
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How do I know what I need to know? Data Quality
Sampling errors Coefficient of variation (CV) – tables are given or can be
calculated with the included CV Calculator Release criteria
Suppression of estimates falling under a specified level
Changes and Adjustments Major redesign of the content in 1976 and 1997 Minor changes in 2005 (as noted above)
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How do I use it?
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How do I use it?TDR Web-retrieval
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How do I use it?CD-ROM
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How do I use it?
Click on the Table Browser icon
“fill in the blanks”
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How do I use it?Categories and Associated Files
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How do I use it?Changing the category, changes the files
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How do I use it?Full title
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How do I use it?Search for information
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How do I use it?
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How do I use it?Retrieve the file
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How do I use it?Cowabunga! There it is!
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Hélène’s neat stat…
Find the preferred method of looking for work!
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Questions??
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CV Calculator
Click on the CV Calulator icon
“fill in the blanks”
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CV Calculator
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CV Calculator
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CV Calculator
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CV Calculator
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CV Calculator
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CV Calculator
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Questions??