SEFI Variables

Included here are:

1. Age variables and age dependency ratio development

2. Unemployment variables

3. High school graduation variables

1. Age Variables and Age Dependency Ratio Development

SAS Var Name	Description
poptot	Population, 2001 (100% data). This variable is not random rounded.
poptot_round	Total population by sex and age groups (100% data). This variable has been random rounded.
poptot_male	Pop Male, total
popmale0004	Pop Male 0-4
popmale0509	Pop Male 5-9
popmale1014	Pop Male 10-14
popmale1519	Pop Male 15-19
popmale2024	Pop Male 20-24
popmale2529	Pop Male 25-29
popmale3034	Pop Male 30-34
popmale3539	Pop Male 35-39
popmale4044	Pop Male 40-44
popmale4549	Pop Male 45-49
popmale5054	Pop Male 50-54
popmale5559	Pop Male 55-59
popmale6064	Pop Male 60-64
popmale6569	Pop Male 65-69
popmale7074	Pop Male 70-74
popmale7579	Pop Male 75-79
popmale8084	Pop Male 80-84
popmale85	Pop Male 85+
poptot_fem	Pop Female, total
popfem0004	Pop Female 0-4
popfem0509	Pop Female 5-9
popfem1014	Pop Female 10-14
popfem1519	Pop Female 15-19
popfem2024	Pop Female 20-24
popfem2529	Pop Female 25-29
popfem3034	Pop Female 30-34
popfem3539	Pop Female 35-39
popfem4044	Pop Female 40-44
popfem4549	Pop Female 45-49
popfem5054	Pop Female 50-54
popfem5559	Pop Female 55-59
popfem6064	Pop Female 60-64
popfem6569	Pop Female 65-69
popfem7074	Pop Female 70-74
popfem7579	Pop Female 75-79
popfem8084	Pop Female 80-84
popfem85	Pop Female 85+

The following shows changes in Eigenvectors loadings from a principal components analysis, run using the SAS PRINCOMP procedure (full details in SAS output attached to Shelley's Mar.9/04 e-mail).

unmrpr	Unemployment Factor	0.407937
edhppr	Education Factor	-.297487
agedep	Age Dep Ratio = Pop 65+/Pop 15-64	0.004835
LF_FEMPRATE15	Part rate Females 15 years+	-.309740
psphh	Percent Single Parent Household	0.575925
pfemsphh	Percent Fem Sing Parent Household	0.563415

2) Age Dependency Ratio = (pop 0-14 + Pop 65+)/Pop 15-64

unmrpr	Unemployment Factor	0.407232
edhppr	Education Factor	-.297941
agedep	Age Dep Ratio = Pop 65+/Pop 15-64	0.046818
LF_FEMPRATE15	Part rate Females 15 years+	-.312256
psphh	Percent Single Parent Household	0.574468
pfemsphh	Percent Fem Sing Parent Household	0.561857

NOTE

Dan (Mar.9/04) notes that although there is an increase in the principal component loading for the age-dependency ratio from .004 to .04, this is still a very low loading, meaning that age-dependency is still contributing very little to SEFI scores. The changes to the values would be negligible.

2. Unemployment Variables

lf_pop15-24	Pop In the labour force 15-24 years
lf_pop2534	Pop In the labour force 25-34 years
lf_pop3544	Pop In the labour force 35-44 years
lf_pop4554	Pop In the labour force 45-54 years
lf_unem15-24	Unemployment rate 15-24 years
lf_unem2534	Unemployment rate 25-34 years
lf_unem3544	Unemployment rate 35-44 years
lf_unem4554	Unemployment rate 45-54 years

*** Unemployment rate= Unemployed Labour Force/ Pop in Labour Force *100
Labour Force=Employed + Unemployed

3. High School Graduation variables

edhs_pop2529	Total - Highest level of schooling 25-29
edhs_wohs2529	Less than high school graduation certificate 25-29
edhs_pop3034	Total - Highest level of schooling 30-34
edhs_wohs3034	Less than high school graduation certificate 30-34
edhs_pop3539	Total - Highest level of schooling 35-39
edhs_wohs3539	Less than high school graduation certificate 35-39
edhs_pop4044	Total - Highest level of schooling 40-44
edhs_wohs4044	Less than high school graduation certificate 40-44
edhs_pop4554	Total - Highest level of schooling 45-54
edhs_wohs4554	Less than high school graduation certificate 45-54

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Programming Information

• Shelley Derksen Shelley_Derksen@cpe.umanitoba.ca