Table 17.3
Results of survival analysis of long-term condition and number of jobless spells, Canada, 1994 to 1997

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  Parameter estimate Standard error Risk ratio p
Analysis of the number of jobless spells
Bivariate survival analysis 0.3383 0.0485 1.403 0.0001
Multivariate survival analysis
Number of jobless spells 0.1935 0.0559 1.213 0.0005
Age 0.0414 0.0059 1.042 0.0001
Sex 0.0682 0.0673 1.071 0.3105
Income -0.0679 0.0468 0.934 0.1466
Education -0.0739 0.0264 0.929 0.0052
Marital Status -0.1766 0.0786 0.838 0.0246
Analysis of the number of jobless spells in the preceding year
Bivariate survival analysis with one year lag 0.2199 0.0639 1.246 0.0006
Multivariate survival analysis
Number of jobless spells in the preceding year 0.0794 0.0737 1.083 0.2811
Age 0.0423 0.0074 1.043 0.0001
Sex -0.0234 0.0848 0.977 0.7829
Income -0.0271 0.0625 0.973 0.6647
Education -0.0588 0.0336 0.943 0.0799
Marital Status -0.1374 0.1001 0.873 0.1702
Analysis of the cumulative number of jobless spells in the preceding year
Bivariate survival analysis with one year lag 0.1488 0.0444 1.156 0.0011
Multivariate survival analysis
Cumulative Number of jobless spells in the preceding year 0.0476 0.051 1.049 0.3502
Age 0.0429 0.0075 1.043 0.0001
Sex -0.0302 0.0854 0.97 0.7231
Income -0.0426 0.0621 0.958 0.4934
Education -0.0568 0.0337 0.945 0.0922
Marital Status -0.1306 0.1009 0.878 0.1956
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, longitudinal file.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, catalogue number 75-511-XWE.