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Table 7 Job quality indicators by family work pattern

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	Long family hours	Consistently standard	One low, one at least standard	Long family hours	Consistently standard	One low, one at least standard
	Families with children¹			Families without children²
	%
Union coverage³
Men	24.8	38.2	28.1	16.6	44.4	29.7
Women	30.0	36.1	29.2	26.5	40.9	26.5
Pension coverage³
Men	43.2	63.8	47.8	40.2	63.0	47.9
Women	46.5	61.7	37.1	47.0	60.0	39.2
Firm size³^, ⁴
Men
Less than 100 employees	55.9	32.6	45.1	53.0	29.2	48.4
100 to 499 employees	11.1	13.1	12.6	11.4	11.3	11.1
500 employees or more	29.9	51.9	39.1	33.9	56.4	37.5
Women
Less than 100 employees	50.0	33.2	48.9	44.8	30.5	46.2
100 to 499 employees	14.3	12.0	11.8	20.3	13.9	15.2
500 employees or more	33.5	50.6	35.2	33.9	52.2	34.2
Multiple jobs at some point
Men	23.0	10.5	18.7	22.1	10.5	19.9
Women	24.3	15.2	20.7	22.5	16.1	17.9
Experienced a job change
Men	21.3	23.6	28.3	29.3	26.2	29.8
Women	24.6	21.9	29.1	27.7	25.6	34.6
1. 'Families with children' refer to those with both a head and a spouse with at least one child under 18. 2. The weights of families without children have been modified to account for age differences with families with children. 3. Based on main job in the year they reported the most hours. 4. Statistics about firm size may not add up because of ‘unknown' answers in Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID). Note: ‘Standard' includes high-low individuals. Includes families in which both parents are participating in the labour market. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, longitudinal panels 1996 to 2001, 1999 to 2004, and 2002 to 2007.