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Survey of usage by businesses of the Social Insurance Number

Table 3: Proportion of businesses knowing what to ask for when a "900" SIN is presented by a prospective employee, and asking for work permit

Know what to ask for

Ask for work permit

Applicable* (%)

% frequencies of response

Applicable** (%)

% frequencies of response

Yes

No

Don’t
know

Always

Most of the time

Rarely

Never

Don't know

National

100.0

A

14.1

A

85.8

A

0.1

A

14.1

A

72.8

B

7.0

B

2.0

A

18.2

B

0.0

A

Small

100.0

A

12.8

A

87.1

A

0.2

A

12.8

A

68.8

B

8.5

B

1.8

A

20.9

B

0.0

A

Medium

100.0

A

23.6

B

76.4

B

0.0

A

23.6

B

90.0

B

0.0

A

2.6

A

7.4

B

0.0

A

Large

100.0

A

53.9

B

46.1

B

0.0

A

53.9

B

85.3

B

8.9

A

2.1

A

2.7

A

1.1

A

Primary-Secondary

100.0

A

15.3

A

84.5

A

0.1

A

15.3

A

78.3

B

2.8

A

2.6

A

16.3

B

0.0

A

Tertiary

100.0

A

13.7

A

86.2

A

0.1

A

13.7

A

70.8

B

8.6

B

1.7

A

18.9

B

0.0

A

*/**Proportion of population that question applies to.
* For "Know what to ask for", this is all businesses selected for the survey.
**For "Ask for work permit", this is the % share of businesses indicating that they know what to ask for, when presented with a "900" SIN by an employee.

How to calculate the share of the total business population:

Quality of Estimates:

A: Standard Error lower or equal to 2.5 percentage points

B: Standard Error between 2.6 and 7.5 percentage points

C: Standard Error between 7.6 and 15.5 percentage points

D: Standard Error greater or equal to 15.6 percentage points; ESTIMATE IS NOT RELIABLE



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