Long Hours of Work

Question: Last week, how many hours did you actually work at your main job? 

Source: Labour Force Survey [Q - 157] 2000 

Notes: The LFS is a household survey carried out on a monthly basis by Statistics Canada. The survey is conducted in over 52,000 households across Canada, resulting in the collection of labour force information of roughly 100,000 individuals. The LFS does not include individuals living in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, those residing on Indian reservations, hospitals, penitentiaries, long term care facilities or full time members of the armed forces. All told, these excluded groups represent less than two percent of the total Canadian population over the age of 15.

Question: How many hours per week do you usually work in your job, including paid and unpaid overtime hours? 

Source: CPRN - EKOS Changing Employment Relationships Survey Questionnaire 2000 [Q - 21]

Question: Over the past year, how frequently have you had difficulty keeping up with the workload?: Never; rarely; sometimes; often; very often 

Source: CPRN - EKOS Changing Employment Relationships Survey Questionnaire 2000 [Q - 62b]

Question: In a typical week, how many of your total paid and unpaid hours of work do you work at home?: [value]; none 

Source: CPRN - EKOS Changing Employment Relationships Survey Questionnaire 2000 [Q - 26]

Question: To what extent do you agree or disagree that this describes your job, your job allows you to balance your work and your family or personal life: Strongly disagree; disagree; neither; agree; strongly agree 

Source: CPRN - EKOS Changing Employment Relationships Survey Questionnaire 2000 [Q - 57j]

Notes: The Changing Employment Relationship Survey contains a sample of 2,500 employed respondents and is representative of Canada's employed population 18 years of age and over. Telephone interviews took place between February and March 2000. The survey has a margin of error of + / - 2 percentage points 19 times out of 20.