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The 2010 edition of this publication provides up-to-date benchmark data on work absences for personal reasons—that is, illness or disability, and personal or family responsibilities. It is based on data from the Labour Force Survey and uses the National Occupational Classification for Statistics, 2006 (NOC-S) and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Absence rates for 2010 are provided by sex, age, education, presence of children, industry and occupation, firm size, job tenure, job permanency, unionization, province, and census metropolitan area.

Time series from 2000 to 2010 (excluding maternity leave) are provided. However, men on paid paternity (in Quebec only) and parental leave are included in the calculation till 2006. Time series going back to 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999 are available in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 updates of this publication at /pub/75-001-x/topics-sujets/topics-sujets-eng.htm of Perspectives on Labour and Income. Times series for the years 1987 to 1995 are available in CANSIM.