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Bringing Down the Barriers:
The Labour Market and Women with Disabilities in Ontario

by Gail Fawcett

     

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Disability rates among working-age women, by age group, Ontario, 1991 and 1996

Figure 2: Poverty rates for women and men with and without disabilities, Canada and Ontario, 1995

Figure 3: Poverty rates by work activity, women and men with and without disabilities, Ontario, 1995

Figure 4: Percentage of women with and without disabilities who did not work for pay during 1995, Ontario and selected CMAs

Figure 5: Percentage of women with and without disabilities who worked full-time, Ontario and selected CMAs, 1995

Figure 6: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who are divorced, separated or widowed, Canada, 1996

Figure 7: Percentage of female lone parents with and without disabilities who are responsible for 100 and 75 per cent or more of family income, Canada, 1994

Figure 8a: Two-year labour force pattern of women with disabilities in both years, Canada, 1993 to 1994

Figure 8b: Two-year labour force pattern of women with no disability in either year, Canada, 1993 to 1994

Figure 9: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who perform 15 or more hours per week of housework, Canada, 1995

Figure 10: Percentage of women and men with disabilities who received assistance preparing meals, by severity of disability, Canada, 1991

Figure 11a: Meal preparation arrangements of women with disabilities, Canada, 1991

Figure 11b: Meal preparation arrangements of men with disabilities, Canada, 1991

Figure 12: Meal preparation and living arrangements of women and men with disabilities, Canada, 1991

Figure 13a: Percentage of men with mild disabilities, with and without meal preparation assistance, by labour force status, Canada, 1991

Figure 13b: Percentage of women with mild disabilities, with and without meal preparation assistance, by labour force status, Canada, 1991

Figure 14a: Percentage of men with moderate disabilities, with and without meal preparation assistance, by labour force status, Canada, 1991

Figure 14b: Percentage of women with moderate disabilities, with and without meal preparation assistance, by labour force status, Canada, 1991

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Percentage increase in disability rates for women and men, Ontario, between 1991 and 1996

Table 2: Living arrangements of women and men with and without disabilities, Canada, 1996

Table 3: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who experienced food shortages, by living arrangements, Canada, 1996

Table 4: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who experienced food shortages, by work pattern, Canada, 1996

Table 5: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who had one job all year, by occupational type, Canada, 1996

Table 6: Percentage of employed women and men with and without disabilities who reported food shortages, by occupational type, Canada, 1996

Table 7: Broad occupational distribution of employed women and men with and without disabilities, Canada, 1996

Table 8: Occupational distribution of employed women and men with and without disabilities, Canada, 1996

Table 9: Quintile-based earnings distribution of women and men with and without disabilities, employed full- or part-time throughout 1994, Canada, 1994

Table 10: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who stayed above the poverty line for two years, by labour force status, Canada, 1993 and 1994

Table 11: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who worked at one job all year, full- or part-time, by selected living arrangements, Canada, 1996

Table 12: Average score for chronic stress, women and men with and without disabilities, by living selected arrangements, Canada, 1994

Table 13: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who perform 15 or more hours per week of housework, by selected living arrangements, Canada, 1995

Table 14: Percentage of women and men with and without disabilities who are university graduates, by age group, Canada, 1996

     

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