January 2022
Spotlight on data and research
Gender differences in sociodemographic and economic characteristics of early learning child care workers
This article examines gender differences within early learning child care (ELCC) occupations which are primarily dominated by women.
Male ELCC workers were less likely than their female counterparts to be in prime working age, with a higher share of workers under the age of 25 (30.4% for men, 13.5% for women) and above 54 (22% for men, 16.3% for women).
Female ELCC workers were more likely to have postsecondary education (69.1%) than male ELCC workers (54.7%), but men were more likely to hold a university degree (21.5% for men, 19.3% for women).
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A comparison of parenting concerns in Canada and the United States during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 brought many unique challenges to families who have young children, such as home schooling and added caregiving responsibilities. This article compares parenting concerns of such families in Canada and the United States in the spring of 2020.
Three quarters (74.9%) of Canadian parents with children aged 0 to 5 reported being very or extremely concerned about balancing child care, schooling and work; 58.9% were very or extremely concerned about managing their children’s behaviour and emotions; and 31.4% were very or extremely concerned about their children’s school year and academic success.
In the U.S., 50.5% of parents of young children agreed or strongly agreed that they often couldn’t handle things very well regarding parenting; 11.6% reported being very much concerned about their child’s behaviours, and 9.4% were very much concerned about their child’s learning and development.
Transition to Permanent Residency by Lower- and Higher-Skilled Temporary Foreign Workers
Even though higher-skilled temporary foreign workers outnumbered their lower-skilled counterparts in Canada over the 2000-to-2014 period, their rates of transition to permanent residency were similar.
This article also found that the gap in numbers between higher-skilled and lower-skilled temporary foreign workers narrowed over that time period. Among new temporary foreign workers who arrived from 2000 to 2004, 58% were higher-skilled and 32% were lower-skilled. A decade later, among the 2010-to-2014 arrivals, the share of higher-skilled workers declined to 44% while the share of lower-skilled workers increased to 39%.
Research articles
The weekly earnings of Canadian-born individuals in designated visible minority and White categories in the mid-2010s
Using data from the 2016 Census, this study compares the weekly earnings of Canadian-born individuals aged 25 to 44 in designated visible minority and White categories, as defined in the Employment Equity Act.
After taking into account sociodemographic and employment characteristics, the weekly earnings of men in 4 of the 10 designated visible minority categories were significantly lower than those of White men, with the largest differences observed among Black and Latin American men. The weekly earnings of men in the other designated visible categories were not significantly different from those of White men in most cases.
The weekly earnings of women in 4 of the 10 designated visible minority categories were significantly higher than those of White women, while weekly earnings of women in 6 of 10 categories were not significantly different from their White counterparts.
Comparing average weekly earnings in 2005 and 2015, the earnings gap between Black and White men widened by 4%.
Fine tuning or re-skilling? Educational strategies of prime-aged displaced workers
Approximately 10% of prime-aged postsecondary-educated workers who lost their jobs from 2009 to 2013 entered postsecondary education (PSE) within three years following job loss. Among them, almost 60% changed fields of study.
This research article addresses information gaps around strategies prime-aged (ages 30 to 54) displaced workers use to cope with job loss. It found that the likelihood of entering postsecondary education or changing fields of study over a three-year period was between two and three percentage points higher among displaced workers compared to other workers.
Fields of study chosen post-job loss were different between men and women. Among men, 25.2% selected fields in architecture, engineering and related technologies and 23.0% selected humanities-related fields. Among women, 21.7% selected fields related to humanities and 21.1% opted to study in business, management and public relations.
Related publications
Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series
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