The main purpose of this survey is to study the coverage of the employment insurance program. It provides a meaningful picture of who does or does not have access to EI benefits among the jobless and those in a situation of underemployment. The Employment Insurance Coverage Survey also covers access to maternity and parental benefits. The survey was designed to produce a series of precise measures to identify groups with low probability of receiving benefits, for instance, the long-term jobless, labour market entrants and students, people becoming unemployed after uninsured employment, people who have left jobs voluntarily and individuals who are eligible, given their employment history, but do not claim or otherwise receive benefits. The survey provides a detailed description of the characteristics of the last job held as well as reasons for not receiving benefits or for not claiming. Through the survey data, analysts will also be able to observe the characteristics and situation of people not covered by EI and of those who exhausted EI benefits, the job search intensity of the unemployed, expectation of recall to a job, and alternate sources of income and funds. Survey data pertaining to maternity and parental benefits answer questions on the proportion of mothers of an infant who received maternity and parental benefits, the reason why some mothers do not receive benefits and about sharing parental benefits with their spouse. The survey also allows looking at the timing and circumstances related to the return to work, the income adequacy of households with young children and more.
Dataset Level Error Notes: Nesstar: Please note that the current dataset is also available using the NESSTAR service by following the link(s) in the Related Material section above. NESSTAR is a sophisticated graphical data manipulation tool which streamlines the process of finding, accessing and analysing statistical information.
Misc: Please note that the current dataset is also available using the UBC NESSTAR service by following the link(s) above. NESSTAR is a sophisticated graphical data manipulation tool which streamlines the process of finding, accessing and analysing statistical information.
Migration: UBC Library Data Services repository software migration from DSPACE to DATAVERSE. Dataset 10573/42676 was migrated on 2013/10/03.
Migration: The former URI for this resource (http://hdl.handle.net/10573/42676) is deprecated.
Previous handle https://hdl.handle.net/11272/U010G has been deprecated