Variables for theme Labour

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Job characteristics / Dates and duration

began1	Flag - Job began during refyear
conatt9	Flag - Continuous employment with this employer
enddat1	End date of job within refyear
enddat9	End date of job
ended1	Flag - Job ended during refyear
ended9	Flag - Job ended by end of current survey period
endtyp9	Reason why job was ended in processing
fstdat9	Date first started working for this employer
howobt9	How the job was obtained
jobdur1	Duration of job up to the end of current refyear (months)
jobdur9	Duration of job (months)
nbabs1	Nbr of absences from this job of more than one week, refyear
nbabs9	Nbr of absences from this job of more than one week
nbmtwk1	Total months in which some work was done at this job, refyear
nbmtwk9	Total months in which some work was done at this job
ofrdat9	Date the job was offered
reaend9	Reason why work came to an end
strdat1	Start date of job within refyear
strdat9	Start date of job
typjs9	Type of job separation

Variable descriptions

began1 - Flag - Job began during refyear

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if this job began during the reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 and had a job during the reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

conatt9 - Flag - Continuous employment with this employer

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate whether attachment to this employer has been continuous since first started working for this employer.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

enddat1 - End date of job within refyear

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: End date of job within reference year. If job is not ended, ENDDAT1 will be December 31 of the reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 and had a job during the reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

enddat9 - End date of job

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: End date of job. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

ended1 - Flag - Job ended during refyear

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if job had ended by the end of the reference year.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 and had a job during the reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

ended9 - Flag - Job ended by end of current survey period

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Flag to indicate if job had ended by the end of the most current survey reference period of the data file.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Yes
  • 2 No
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

endtyp9 - Reason why job was ended in processing

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Reason why job was ended in processing. This variable is important in the analysis of job transitions, when the end date is December 31.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Job ended normally
  • 2 Job ended because the job was denied by the respondent
  • 3 Job ended because did not receive information about the job in subsequent collections - either because no feedback, non-response or because respondent is no longer eligible for the labour interview
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable

fstdat9 - Date first started working for this employer

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: Date first started working for this employer. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

howobt9 - How the job was obtained

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: How job was obtained.Note: Code 09 is available starting with reference year 1999.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period AND job started after Jan 1/93 AND paid worker
• Range and codes:
  • 01 Contacted employer directly
  • 02 Friend or relative
  • 03 Placed or answered newspaper ad
  • 04 Employment agency (including Canada Employment Centres)
  • 05 Referral from another employer
  • 06 Contacted directly by employer
  • 07 Union
  • 08 Required for Social assistance/Welfare - Workfare
  • 09 Searched the Internet
  • 90 Other (specify)
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

jobdur1 - Duration of job up to the end of current refyear (months)

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• Type and length: Numeric(3.0)
• Description: Duration of job up to the end of current reference year (expressed in months).
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 and had a job during the reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 000:995
  • 996 Interim Processing Code
  • 997 Don't Know
  • 998 Refusal
  • 999 Not Applicable

jobdur9 - Duration of job (months)

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• Type and length: Numeric(3.0)
• Description: Duration of job (expressed in months).
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 000:995
  • 996 Interim Processing Code
  • 997 Don't Know
  • 998 Refusal
  • 999 Not Applicable

nbabs1 - Nbr of absences from this job of more than one week, refyear

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• Type and length: Numeric(2.0)
• Description: Excluding paid vacation, number of times person was absent from this job for more than one week during reference year.This variable depends on the perception of the respondant. One person may report 1 absence of three weeks what another reports as three absences of 1 week.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 and had a job during the reference year and paid worker, excluding on-call workers
• Range and codes:
  • 00:95
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

nbabs9 - Nbr of absences from this job of more than one week

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• Type and length: Numeric(2.0)
• Description: Excluding paid vacation, number of times respondent was absent from this job for more than one week.
  Note: There is a high number of " Don't Know ". It is normal for jobs that have started before the collection period since this variable is cumulative and we do not ask information about job absences before the collection period.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 00:95
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

nbmtwk1 - Total months in which some work was done at this job, refyear

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• Type and length: Numeric(2.0)
• Description: Total months in which some work was done at this job in reference year, i.e., excluding months where person was absent from the job all month (either paid or unpaid).
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 and had a job during the reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 00:12
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

nbmtwk9 - Total months in which some work was done at this job

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• Type and length: Numeric(2.0)
• Description: Total months in which some work was done at this job excluding months where person was absent from the job all month..
  Note: There is a high number of " Don't Know ". It is normal for jobs that have started before the collection period since this variable is cumulative and we do not ask information about job absences before the collection period. This is needed to derive the number of months worked.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 00:95
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

ofrdat9 - Date the job was offered

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: Date the job was offered. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period AND job started after Jan 1/93 AND paid worker
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

reaend9 - Reason why work came to an end

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• Type and length: Character(2.0)
• Description: Reason why work came to an end.
  Codes 01 to 15, 23 to 24 and 90 are considered as "voluntary" job separations. Codes 16 to 22 are considered to be "involuntary" job separations.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND job has ended
• Range and codes:
  • 01 Own illness or disability - work related
  • 02 Own illness or disability - not work related
  • 03 Caring for own children
  • 04 Caring for elder relative(s)
  • 05 Other personal or family responsibilities
  • 06 School
  • 07 Found new job
  • 08 Move to a new residence
  • 09 Poor pay
  • 10 Not enough hours of work
  • 11 Too many hours of work
  • 12 Poor physical conditions (bad ventilation, too noisy, etc.)
  • 13 Sexual harassment
  • 14 Personnel conflict with employer/other employees
  • 15 Work too stressful
  • 16 Company moved
  • 17 Company went out of business
  • 18 Seasonal nature of work
  • 19 Layoff/Business slowdown (not caused by seasonal conditions)
  • 20 Labour dispute
  • 21 Dismissal by employer
  • 22 Temporary job/contract ended
  • 23 To concentrate on other job
  • 24 Retirement
  • 90 Other
  • 96 Interim Processing Code
  • 97 Don't Know
  • 98 Refusal
  • 99 Not Applicable

strdat1 - Start date of job within refyear

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: Start date of job within reference year. If job began prior to reference year, STRDAT1 will be January 1 of the reference year. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 and had a job during the reference year
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

strdat9 - Start date of job

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• Type and length: Date(8.0) Format: YYYYMMDD
• Description: Start date of job. All SLID "date" type variables can be viewed as a concatenation of the three sub-component fields year, month and day. The standard SLID reserved values are assigned, when necessary, to the component fields, and not to the complete date variable. So it is possible to have a mixture of valid values and reserved codes in a "date" type variable.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND had a job during the survey reference period
• Range and codes:
  • 18000101:99951231
  • 99969696 Interim Processing Code
  • 99979797 Don't know
  • 99989898 Refusal
  • 99999999 Not applicable

typjs9 - Type of job separation

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• Type and length: Character(1.0)
• Description: Type of job separation.
• Population: Persons aged 16-69 AND job has ended
• Range and codes:
  • 1 Voluntary
  • 2 Involuntary
  • 6 Interim Processing Code
  • 7 Don't Know
  • 8 Refusal
  • 9 Not Applicable