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Title: Women outnumber men in Canadian workforce
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: WDHIII
Date: 2009-09-05 11:57:16
Canadian

[leewgrant]

$1:

The figures are not a reflection of gains in female-dominated industries, but of layoffs and cutbacks in male-dominated industries, such as the beleaguered manufacturing and natural resources sectors, said labour leaders in the auto and nursing sector.

That's because men dominate in the old rustbucket industries. Women are more inclined to end up in the service sectors, less prone, at this point, to layoffs.

[Lemmy]

The labour force statistic doesn't include self-employed people, the vast majority of whom are men. This is weak science. Fail.

[Brenda]

You have proof of that?

[Lemmy]

It's right in the article that WDHII posted. Would you like further references? "In 1997, 21.1 percent of men were self-employed compared to 13.9 percent of women."

http://www.cprn.org/documents/18381_en.pdf

Common sense, really; nothing controversial.

[leewgrant]

$1:

Over time the gender composition of the self-employed workforce has changed
notably. Whereas women once accounted for just one-quarter of own account
workers, they now comprise 40 percent of this group. As employers, women still
make up a smaller part of the workforce but have increased their numbers
significantly, from 11.3 percent in 1971 to nearly one-quarter of employers in
1997.

And I'm sure that trend continued over the last 12 years too.

[Brenda]

Are all the tupperware and avon sales ladies counted too, or is that "just a little job"?

[kenmore]

Most of them are widows, we all know they kill the men off ..lol

[leewgrant]

Brenda Brenda:

Are all the tupperware and avon sales ladies counted too, or is that "just a little job"?

Don't know what the status of these people is. Not employees, but perhaps dependent contractors? In that case I expect they would be included.

$1:

Definitions of Self-employed

In this analysis, we follow Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey, which defines the following groups as “self-employed”:

i) Working owners of incorporated businesses with paid help
ii) Working owners of incorporated businesses without paid help
iii) Working owners of unincorporated businesses or other self-employed with paid help
iv) Working owners of unincorporated businesses or other self-employed without paid help
v) Unpaid family members

Because we are interested in those working for pay, we exclude unpaid family members, which are a relatively small group.

“Self-employed workers” thus includes all those within categories i) to iv) above.

In our analysis, we combine these four categories into two main groups: “employers” (i.e., self-employed workers who had
paid help in both incorporated and unincorporated businesses) and “own account workers” (i.e., self-employed workers without
paid help in both incorporated and unincorporated business).

Report, page 9.

[Freakinoldguy]

No big suprise here. With the advent of the "dishwasher" this was bound to happen.