Table 7
Type of accommodation required to be able to work, employed persons with activity limitations, Canada, 2006
Type of accommodation | Requiring accommodation to work | Accommodation made available as a proportion of those requiring it | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Women | Men | |
percentage | ||||
Because of my condition, I require … to be able to work | ||||
No accommodation required | 56* | 65 | … | … |
Modified hours or days or reduced work hours | 23* | 17 | 82 | 82 |
A special chair/back support | 20* | 13 | 68 | 64 |
Job redesign (modified or different duties) | 14 | 14 | 67 | 64 |
A modified or ergonomic workstation | 14* | 7 | 70 | 72 |
Appropriate parking | 5* | 3E | 78 | 73 |
Accessible washrooms | 5* | 2E | 88 | 97 |
An accessible elevator | 4* | 2E | 79 | 73 |
Other equipment, help or work arrangement | 4E | 3E | 62E | 73 |
Accessible transportation | 4E* | 2E | 75 | 73E |
Human support, such as a reader, sign language interpreter, job coach or personal assistant | 2E | 3E | 50E | 64 |
Handrails, ramps | 2E | 2E | 81 | F |
Technical aids, such as a voice synthesizer, a TTY, an infrared system or portable notetaker | 1E | 2E | 56E | 42E |
A computer with Braille, large print, voice recognition, or a scanner | F | 1E | 64E | 51E |
Communication aids, such as Braille or large print reading material or recording equipment | F | F | x | F |
… not applicable x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution F too unreliable to be published * statistically significant difference between women and men at p < 0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006. |
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