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FALLING
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROTECTION
FOR CANADA'S UNEMPLOYED
The
Insurance Coverage Gap
between men and women doubles
under EI
EI
has had a profoundly negative impact on insurance protection
for women of all ages.
In
the first five years of EI, from 1996 to 2001, the gap in
insurance protection between men and women more than doubled.
Coverage for men fell from 45% in 1996 (before EI) to 44%
in 2001.
Coverage
for women over the same period fell from 39% to 33%.
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Gender
Gap in Coverage
percentage of unemployed receiving
unemployment insurance
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1994
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1996
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2001
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MEN
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53%
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45%
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44%
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WOMEN
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49%
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39%
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33%
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The
Gender Gap
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4
points
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6
points
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11
points
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The
percentage of women who received unemployment insurance
fell in every province -- in several provinces at an even
faster rate than it did nationally.
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