1. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada Gender and economic statistics: Using available data UN Global Forum on Gender Statistics December 10-12, 2007 Heather Dryburgh, Ph.D. Statistics Canada

2. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada Outline What do we need to know? What data are already there? Where are the information gaps?

3. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada What do we need to know? Economic statistics: –Evaluate the performance of an economy –Monitor economic stock and flows –Analyze macroeconomic trends –Inform economic policies and decisions –Used for international comparisons

4. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada What do we need to know? Women’s and men’s economic contributions –Labour force participation (FT/PT, FY/PY) –Value of unpaid work –Self-employment Entrepreneurship Number of employees Company growth –Unionization

5. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada What do we need to know? Factors affecting productivity –Work absences –Part time work –Underemployment –Occupational segregation Low income –Rates –Consequences

6. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada What data are already there? Labour Force Survey data –Increased participation of women in the paid work force in Canada –Increase in paid employment of women with young children –Absences from work because of personal or family responsibilities (women have more) –Women more likely to work part-time –Trends in self-employment

7. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada What data are already there? Women in agricultural work Occupational distribution of men and women –Occupational sex-segregation Number of child-care spaces, registered and non-registered Unpaid work –Volunteer work –Domestic work –Caregiving

8. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada What data are already there? Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance Tax data –Contributions to pension plans –Government transfer payments Income data –Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics –Census of Population

9. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada Female to male earnings ratio of full-time workers, 1967 to 2004 Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics.

10. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada Percentage of seniors with low incomes, by age, 2001 Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.

11. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada Where are the information gaps? Detail, for example: –Entrepreneurs –Intra-family resource transfers –Informal markets

12. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada Where are the information gaps? Basic information: –System of National Accounts? Do the data sources measure both men’s and women’s work and reality? Would it be useful for policy development to know economic flows disaggregated by sex? Would sex disaggregated data help identify possible missing information?

13. Statistics Canada Statistics Canada Statistique Canada Statistique Canada Conclusions What do we need to know? –Does our economic data account for the work and activity of both men and women? What data are already there? –Have we exploited the already existing information? Where are the information gaps? –Special surveys? –Gender analysis?