Term: Unemployment Status

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2005-12-08

Definition:

Statistics Canada defined unemployed persons as those persons aged 25-44, excluding institutional residents who, during the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to Census Day (1996), were without paid work and were available for work and either: (a) had actively looked for work in the past four weeks; or (b) were on temporary lay-off and expected to return to their job; or (c) had definite arrangements to start a new job in four weeks or less.

Related concepts 

• Employment

Related terms 

• Employment Status
• Unemployment Rate

References 

• Brownell M, Martens PJ, Kozyrskyj A, Fergusson P, Lerfald J, Mayer T, Derksen S, Friesen D. Assessing the Health of Children in Manitoba: A Population-Based Study. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation, 2001. [Report] [Summary] (View)