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FemaleBabyBoomers: AGenerationatWork
By:DianeGalameau
CatalogueNo.96-315E
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1.Middleagedwomen-Employment-Canada-Statistics.
2.Women-Employment-Canada-Statistics.3.Canada-Census,1991.
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Preface
FocusonCanadaisaseriesofpublicationsportrayingthepeopleofCanada.The
portraitisdrawnthroughtheanalysisofthedatacollectedbythe1991CensusofPopulation
andHousing. Eachpublicationexaminesaspecificissueandprovidesademographic,
social,culturalandeconomicperspective.
Theauthorsofthisserieshavetakenspecialcaretomaketheiranalysisinformativeand
easytoread.Theymakeuseofdescriptivegraphsanddatatablestomoreclearlyillustrate
theinformation.Oftentheresultsarecomparedtopreviouscensuses,showinghowCanada
andCanadianshavechangedovertime.
ThepublicationswerepreparedbyanalystsatStatisticsCanada,andreviewedbypeers
fromwithintheAgencyaswellasexpertsfromexternalorganizations.Iwouldliketoextend
mythankstoallthecontributorsfortheirroleinproducingthisusefulandinteresting
publication.
IwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationtothemillionsofCanadianswhocompleted
theirquestionnairesonJune4,1991. StatisticsCanadaisverypleasedtobeabletonow
providethissummaryoftheresults.Ihopeyouenjoyreadingthisstudy-andtheothersin
thisseries.
IvanP.Fellegi
ChiefStatisticianofCanada
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TableofContents
Highlights 1
Introduction 3
Chapter1. TheBabyBoom 5
JustWhatIstheBabyBoom? 5
DescriptionofGroupsStudied 6
Chapter2. LabourForceParticipationRateandEconomicContext . 9
Pre-baby-boomWomen 9
FemaleBabyBoomers,FirstWave 11
FemaleBabyBoomers,SecondWave 18
Post-baby-boomWomen 21
ParticipationRateofWomeninLone-parentFamilies 22
Chapter3. Industry,OccupationandWorkPattern 25
Industry 25
Occupation 27
WorkPattern 29
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TableofContents(continued)
Chapter4. RealEmploymentIncome 33
RealEmploymentIncomeofWomenWorkingFullYearFullTime 33
RealEmploymentIncomeofWomenWorkingPartTimeorPartYear 34
ComparisonofRealEmploymentIncomeEarnedbyMenandWomen 36
Woman'sContributiontoFamilyEmploymentIncome 39
Conclusion 43
Notes 45
ListofTables
1. AgeofWomenintheFourGroups,LastThree10-yearCensuses 7
1.2 DistributionoftheGroupsofWomen16YearsofAgeandOverby
YearofBirth 7
2.1 DistributionandParticipationRatesofPre-baby-boomWomenby
SelectedDemographicandEconomicVariables 10
2.2 DistributionandParticipationRatesofFirst-waveFemaleBabyBoomers
bySelectedDemographicandEconomicVariables 12
2.3 DistributionandParticipationRatesofSecond-waveFemaleBaby
BoomersandPost-baby-boomWomenbySelectedDemographic
andEconomicVariables 20
2.4 ParticipationRatesofWomenintheFourGroupsbyFamilyTypeand
PresenceofPreschoolChild(ren) 22
3.1 DistributionoftheGroupsofWomenbyIndustry 26
3.2 DistributionoftheGroupsofWomenbyOccupation 28
4. AverageRealEmploymentIncomeoftheGroupsofWomenWorking
FullYearFullTime 34
4.2 AverageEmploymentIncomeoftheGroupsofWomenWorking
PartTimeorPartYear 35
4.3 EmploymentIncomeRatio(female/male)byEducation 37
4.4 ContributionofMarriedorCommon-lawStatusWomentoAverageFamily
EmploymentIncome 41
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TableofContents(concluded)
ListofCharts
1.1 NumberofLiveBirths,Canada1921-1992 6
2.1 ParticipationRateofWomenbyGroup 13
2.2 ParticipationRateofWomenWith9to13YearsofSchoolingbyGroup 14
2.3 ParticipationRateofWomenWithaUniversityDegreebyGroup 15
2.4 ParticipationRateofMarriedWomenbyGroup 16
2.5 ParticipationRateofWomenWithatLeastOneChildbyGroup 17
2.6 ParticipationRateofWomenWithatLeastOnePreschoolChild
byGroup 17
2.7 UnemploymentRateofWomenbyGroup 19
3.1 Part-timeWorkIncreasingamongWomen16to25Years 29
3.2 MostWomen26YearsofAgeandOverWorkFull-time 30
3.3 ProportionofSelf-employedWomenbyGroup 31
4. EmploymentIncomeRatio(female/male)byEducationforWomen
26to35YearsofAge,byGroup 38
4.2 ContributionofWomen26to35YearsofAgetoAverageFamily
EmploymentIncome,byGroup 40
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