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This report, one of a series of research reports based on the 1988 National Child Care Survey, focuses on the characteristics of child care in each province.

Calculations based on the Survey on Work Reduction of 1985 suggest that if Canadian workers were to voluntarily reduce their workweek, the number of workhours available for redistribution would unlikely be sufficient to both eliminate underemployment and reduce unemployment. The potential for worktime redistribution, as measured by the propensity to desire fewer hours, appears to be greatest (lowest) in age-education groups with relatively low (high) unemployment rates. This implies that the resulting decrease in unemployment and underemployment could be more pronounced in groups where workers are already relatively successful.

This concise study of the north of Canada is based on the census statistics of 1986 and includes demographic composition and change, cultural composition, education, labour force activity and income, family and household composition and housing conditions, with highlights (summary).

Over 2500 references about social security. Classified order. Author, subject indexes.

This edition of Women in Canada, the fifth in a series that started in 1985, documents the current status of women in Canadian society by presenting the most recent and relevant data on a wide range of issues critical to gender equality.