2006 Census Topic-based tabulations
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Employment Income Groups (21) in Constant (2005) Dollars, Work Activity in the Reference Year (3), Class of Worker (3) and Sex (3) for the Population 15 Years and Over With Employment Income of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations , 2000 and 2005 - 20% Sample Data
About this variable: Class of worker (3)
Definition
Class of worker
Part A - Plain language definition
Not applicable
Part B - Detailed definition
This variable classifies persons who reported a job into the following categories:
(a) persons who worked mainly for wages, salaries, commissions, tips, piece-rates, or payments 'in kind' (payments in goods or services rather than money);
(b) persons who worked mainly for themselves, with or without paid help, operating a business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership;
(c) persons who worked without pay in a family business, farm or professional practice owned or operated by a related household member; unpaid family work does not include unpaid housework, unpaid childcare, unpaid care to seniors and volunteer work.
The job reported was the one held in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to enumeration (May 16, 2006) if the person was employed, or the job of longest duration since January 1, 2005, if the person was not employed during the reference week. Persons with two or more jobs in the reference week were asked to provide information for the job at which they worked the most hours.
Values
- Total - Class of worker Footnote 1
- Paid workers Footnote 2
- Self-employed
Footnotes
- Footnote 1
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Class of worker - Refers to the classification of persons who reported a job into the following categories:
(a) persons who worked mainly for wages, salaries, commissions, tips, piece-rates, or payments 'in kind' (payments in goods or services rather than money)
(b) persons who worked mainly for themselves, with or without paid help, operating a business, farm or professional practice, alone or in partnership
(c) persons who worked without pay in a family business, farm or professional practice owned or operated by a related household member; unpaid family work does not include unpaid housework, unpaid childcare, unpaid care to seniors and volunteer work.
The job reported was the one held in the week (Sunday to Saturday) prior to enumeration
(May 16, 2006) if the person was employed, or the job of longest duration since January 1, 2005 if the person was not employed during the reference week. Persons with two or more jobs in the reference week were asked to provide information for the job at which they worked the most hours.
Includes unpaid family workers and persons who have never worked for pay or in self-employment or who had last worked prior to January 1 of the reference year.
- Footnote 2
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Includes self-employed in incorporated companies.