Term: Employment Status

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2005-12-08

Definition:

Statistics Canada defined employed persons as those persons, excluding institutional residents who, during the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (1996), worked for pay, were self-employment, or worked without pay for a family business, farm or professional practice. It is based on employment rates for the populations aged 25-44 years, from the 1986, 1991 and 1996 Census using a 20% sample.

Related concepts 

• Employment

Related terms 

• Unemployment Status

References 

• Brownell M, Lix L, Ekuma O, Derksen S, Dehaney S, Bond R, Fransoo R, MacWilliam L, Bodnarchuk J. Why is the Health Status of Some Manitobans Not Improving? The Widening Gap in the Health Status of Manitobans. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2003. [Report] [Summary] (View)