Table 4
Distribution of hours lost by employees aged 25 to 54 by reason of absence and sex, and work absence statistics, Canada, 2015

Table 4
Distribution of hours lost by employees aged 25 to 54 by reason of absence and sex, and work absence statistics, Canada, 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of hours lost by employees aged 25 to 54 by reason of absence and sex Women and Men, calculated using percentage distribution and percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Women Men
percentage distribution
Employees at work all week 70.0 76.1
Employees away during the week 30.0 23.9
Employees away full week 38.4 24.8
Employees away part week 61.6 75.2
Reason of absence  
Own illness or disability 21.1 18.2
Personal or family 21.7 9.3
Other reasons, primarily voluntary 57.1 72.4
      percent
Incidence rate, personal or family responsibility 2.6 1.9
Inactivity rate, personal or family responsibility 0.8 0.5
Days lost per worker in a year, personal or family responsibility 2.1 1.3
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, custom tabulations.
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