FIGURE 18

Changes in the Labor Force Participation Rate* of
Women with Different Educational Backgrounds 1965 - 1985

Source: Statistics Canada Characteristics of Women in the labor Force, 1985, and the labor Force Survey (Monthly) # 71-00 1

* Labor Force Participation Rate refers to the % of all Canadian women who are working or who are looking for work (receiving UIC) .

Note that persons who are unemployed for more than 1 year do not receive UIC and are not, therefore, counted as "in the workforce" or as "unemployed". Thus, this FIGURE under-estimates unemployment as "unemployed". Thus, this FIGURE under-estimates unemployment in Canada considerably by ignoring the chronically unemployed.