Who Works Part-time and Gender Analysis of Low Income Government Transfer Payments
“The majority of young part-timers were in school, while the majority of older part-timers indicated that their work schedule was by personal preference. For core-aged workers, particularly men, economic reasons were a driving force for part-time work. Childcare was the most common reason given by female part timers with at least one child under the age of 6, particularly among part timers with a higher-earning spouse.Nationally, Newfoundland and Labrador had the highest share of core-aged part timers citing economic reasons, while childcare was a more common reason in the Western provinces. In terms of work arrangements, the self-employed and temporary employees were more likely to work part time than permanent employees, but for different reasons.”
“For the self-employed, part-time work was more likely to be by personal preference or to accommodate childcare, while workers in temporary employment were more likely to be part time for economic reasons or to accommodate their studies. Multiple job holders had diverse reasons for working part time in their main job.“
Statistics Canada, November 8, 2018: “Who works part time and why?”by by Martha Patterson (6 pages, PDF)
Effect of government transfer programs on low income in Canada: a gender analysis:
“This paper is a gender-based analysis of the effect of government transfer programs on low income in Canada between 1995 and 2016. It compares the low income situations of couples, unattached women, and unattached men. It addresses the difference in prevalence of low income among women and men by age, labour force status, education level, immigration status, Aboriginal group, and region. It also looks at how specific transfers, such as Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) benefits or federal child benefits for example, affected the rate of low income. The results show that government transfers reduced low-income rates and mitigated the difference between women and men in low-income rates.”
Statistics Canada, Centre for Gender, Diversity and Inclusion, November 6, 2018: The effect of government transfer programs on low-income rates: A gender-based analysis, 1995 to 2016,” by Adriene Harding (38 pages, PDF)
Statistics Canada Gender, diversity and inclusion statistics
