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Today's Labour Force Survey includes first ever job-related "race" data, from a new "fast track option" series of questions supplementary to the usual LFS.
Some thoughts.
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Some thoughts.
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@StatCan_eng has always said it doesn't collect "race" data (only source so far: census long form questionnaire)
It collects ethnicity, country of origin, language related data.
Unclear what will change, if anything.
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It collects ethnicity, country of origin, language related data.
Unclear what will change, if anything.
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In the US the race-related labour market data is neatly rounded into three big buckets: white, black, hispanic.
Of course there are other categories but those are the biggest groups, and regularly published.
Makes for clear and easy story telling. For ex.....
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Of course there are other categories but those are the biggest groups, and regularly published.
Makes for clear and easy story telling. For ex.....
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White people's paid employment was least affected by Covid19 in the US (thus far) followed by blacks and hispanics. Women did worse than men in all three groups.
This is from https://twitter.com/eliselgould/status/1258853052250980352/
(If you are not following @eliselgould at @EconomicPolicy, why not?)
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This is from https://twitter.com/eliselgould/status/1258853052250980352/
(If you are not following @eliselgould at @EconomicPolicy, why not?)
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Canadian workers are a far more diverse bunch. How will StatCan tell the story, simply, clearly? Can it? Will it even colour code the story, or use another proxy ("ethnicity"...which is not the exact same concept, or the "visible minority" thing)?
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