Labour Force Historical Review Sandra Keys, University of Waterloo DLI OntarioTraining University of Guelph, Guelph, ON April 12, 2006.

Labour Force Historical Review

Sandra Keys, University of Waterloo

DLI OntarioTrainingUniversity of Guelph, Guelph, ON

April 12, 2006

Labour Force Historical Review - DLI Ontario Training, April 2006

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Labour Force Historical Review

Photo courtesy of Christy Branston


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What is it?

Derived from the Labour Force Survey estimates Aggregated Over 100 tables in B20/20 format Thousands of cross-classified data series Covers topics such as

Employment and unemployment Education Family characteristics Industry and occupation data Wages


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What is it?

Data available from 1976-2005, with current issue, on monthly and annual bases, as well as some seasonally adjusted monthly and 3-month moving average For older data, consult Historical Statistics of

Canada or previous LFS publications Geographic coverage: national and

provincial, with some sub-provincial (Economic Regions and CMAs) for labour force status


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Why should I use it?

Easily spot patterns or trends of the labour market in one file

Changes taken into account across all years e.g., in 2005 edition,

Adjusted to 2001 Census population counts Reclassified to the 2002 NAICS and 2001 NOC-S CMA boundaries based on 2001 Census boundaries

And…it’s easy to use!


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When shouldn’t I use it?

What you see is what you get Want to do your own analysis? The cross-tab you need isn’t there? Need more granularity?

So, Head back to the LFS PUMF

Data aren’t aggregated


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How do I know what I need to know?

That’s right! Read the documentation!!


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How do I know what I need to know? Definitions

What do they really mean by…? Changes are documented in section 3 of the Guide (Dictionary of

Concepts and Defintions) Methodology

Population coverage Approximately 2% of the population is not covered

Residents of the territories, those living on Indian Reserves, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces, inmates of institutions

Sample design and size Provinces regions within provinces strata clusters Variation in number of households sampled

Sample rotation Every 6 months 1/6th of the households are out and new ones in


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How do I know what I need to know? Data Collection

Household change within the 6-month period Weighting to account for non-responding households

Data Processing Response data are subjected to edit and imputation processes

When errors or omissions detected, replaced by imputation or logically consistent values

If a value is suspicious but reasonable, it will find its way in Coding of industry and occupation based on respondent’s job

description Creation of derived variables Weighting Seasonal adjustment


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How do I know what I need to know? Data Quality

Sampling errors Coefficient of variation (CV) – tables are given or can be

calculated with the included CV Calculator Release criteria

Suppression of estimates falling under a specified level

Changes and Adjustments Major redesign of the content in 1976 and 1997 Minor changes in 2005 (as noted above)


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How do I use it?


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How do I use it?TDR Web-retrieval


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How do I use it?CD-ROM


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How do I use it?

Click on the Table Browser icon

“fill in the blanks”


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How do I use it?Categories and Associated Files


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How do I use it?Changing the category, changes the files


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How do I use it?Full title


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How do I use it?Search for information


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How do I use it?


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How do I use it?Retrieve the file


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How do I use it?Cowabunga! There it is!


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Hélène’s neat stat…

Find the preferred method of looking for work!


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Questions??


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CV Calculator

Click on the CV Calulator icon

“fill in the blanks”


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CV Calculator


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CV Calculator


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CV Calculator


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CV Calculator


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CV Calculator


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CV Calculator


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Questions??

Labour Force Historical Review Sandra Keys, University of Waterloo DLI OntarioTraining University of Guelph, Guelph, ON April 12, 2006.

Documents

labour force status

labour market

labour force survey

file slide

information slide

cdrom slide

title slide

seasonal adjustment