Producing Hours Worked for the SNA in Order to Measure Productivity: the Canadian Experience: Impact of not adjusting the Labour Force Survey (LFS) hours worked data for special events on level and growth of annual hours worked per job in manufacturing, Canada

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Table A2
Impact of not adjusting the Labour Force Survey (LFS) hours worked data for special events on level and growth of annual hours worked per job in manufacturing, Canada
	a) LFS x 52 Level	b) Adjusted Level	Difference b) minus a)	c) LFS x 52 Growth (in percent)	d) Adjusted Growth (in percent)	Difference d) minus c)
1999	1,811.5	1,768.4	-43.0	…	…	…
2000	1,823.8	1,766.5	-57.3	0.7	-0.1	-0.8
2001	1,788.6	1,760.6	-28.0	-1.9	-0.3	+1.6
2002	1,775.9	1,743.9	-32.0	-0.7	-1.0	-0.3
2003	1,745.1	1,734.0	-11.1	-1.7	-0.6	+1.1
2004	1,762.6	1,752.2	-10.4	1.0	1.1	+0.1
Notes: The first column titled Difference shows the difference in levels between adjusted and raw hours. The last column shows the impact of not adjusting the hours on labour productivity growth.
Sources: Statistics Canada, National Accounts and Analytical Studies, Micro-Economic Analysis Division, Canadian Productivity Accounts and Labour Statistics Division.