Employment Insurance Coverage Survey (EICS)


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.

Some files contained on this CD are in PDF format and require Adobe
Acrobat Reader to be viewed.

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/2006

/2006/data

eics2006dat.zip  (eics2006dat.txt)  compressed 305,110
eics2006dat.txt
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    19601	Records
  1431135	Uncompressed


/2006/doc


ecae2006.sas			French SAS Cards
ecae2006.sps			French SPSS Cards
ecae2006cbk.doc	.pdf		French Codebook
ecae2006que.doc	.pdf		French Questionnaire

eics2006.sas                    SAS Cards
eics2006.sps                    SPSS Cards
eics2006cbk.doc .pdf            Codebook
eics2006que.doc .pdf            Questionnaire

ecae2006gid.doc .pdf	        French User's Guide
ecae2006vt.doc  .pdf	        French Variability Tables
eics2006gid.doc .pdf	        User's Guide
eics2006vt.doc  .pdf	        Variability Tables
epa-appa.pdf			French Appendix A: Labour Force Survey Sample Design - 1995+
epa-que.pdf			French Labour force survey questionnaire
lfs-appa.pdf			Appendix A: Labour Force Survey Sample Design - 1995+
lfs-que.pdf			Labour force survey questionnaire