Table 18.

Miscellaneous labour force statistics (Canada, 1977)
(Annual averages except where noted)

A. Full-time/Part-time1 employment: _Women_ _Men_
     
  as % of total full-time labour force: 33% 67%
     
   as % of total part-time labour force: 71% 29%
     
   % of sex group in full-time labour force: 78% 94%
     
  % of sex group in part-time labour force: 22% 6%
     
     
B. Hours worked:
 
  Full-time workers (average reported): 37.4 hours 42.8 hours
     
  Part-time workers (average reported): 15.4 " 14.6 "
     
     
C. Time lost:
     
   % of total workers who worked less than 5.4% 3.7%
   normal number of hours per week:    
     
  % of total workers not at work during 7.4% 6.6%
    average week:    
     
     
D. Multiple job holders:
     
  % of total workers holding more than one job: 1.8% 2.8%
     
     
E. Duration of unemployment:
     
 Average number of weeks between jobs:   14.4 weeks 14.6 weeks
     
     
F. Unemployment Insurance Statistics:
   (December 1977 only)    
     
   Total number of beneficiaries: 341,142 482,905
     
   Total benefits paid: $261,839 $407,466
     
   Average weekly benefits: $138 $180
      
  % of unemployment insurance beneficiaries
  who are minor (marginal) attachment workers 33% 38%
  (i.e. have 8 - 11 insured weeks)    


Source:

Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey Division, The labour force: 1977 annual averages. (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, December 1977)

   
 

Statistics Canada, Preliminary unemployment insurance statistics: December, 1977. (Ottawa: Statistics Canada, March 1978).

1. Part-time work is defined as less than 30 hours per week; full-time work as 30 or more hours per week plus those who work less than 30 hours but consider themselves to be full-time workers.


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