Employment Insurance Coverage Survey, 2017 [Canada]

The main purpose of this survey is to study the coverage of the employment insurance program. It provides a meaningful picture of who does or does not have access to EI benefits among the jobless and those in a situation of underemployment. The Employment Insurance Coverage Survey also covers access to maternity and parental benefits. The survey was designed to produce a series of precise measures to identify groups with low probability of receiving benefits, for instance, the long-term jobless, labour market entrants and students, people becoming unemployed after uninsured employment, people who have left jobs voluntarily and individuals who are eligible, given their employment history, but do not claim or otherwise receive benefits. The survey provides a detailed description of the characteristics of the last job held as well as reasons for not receiving benefits or for not claiming. Through the survey data, analysts will also be able to observe the characteristics and situation of people not covered by EI and of those who exhausted EI benefits, the job search intensity of the unemployed, expectation of recall to a job, and alternate sources of income and funds. Survey data pertaining to maternity and parental benefits answer questions on the proportion of mothers of an infant who received maternity and parental benefits, the reason why some mothers do not receive benefits and about sharing parental benefits with their spouse. The survey also allows looking at the timing and circumstances related to the return to work, the income adequacy of households with young children and more.

本调查旨在研究就业保险（Employment Insurance，EI）计划的覆盖范围，清晰呈现失业及不充分就业群体中，哪些人能够申领EI福利、哪些人无法获得该福利。本次就业保险覆盖范围调查还涵盖生育津贴与育儿津贴的申领情况。本调查旨在构建一系列精准评估指标，用以识别难以申领福利的群体，具体包括长期失业者、劳动力市场新进入者与学生、曾从事未参保就业后失业的人员、主动离职者，以及虽具备就业经历符合申领资格但未提出申请或未实际领取福利的个人。调查详细记录了受访者上一份供职岗位的特征，以及未领取福利或未提出申领的具体原因。借助本次调查数据，分析人员还可洞察未被EI覆盖的群体、已用尽EI福利人员的特征与处境，了解失业者的求职强度、重返原有岗位的预期，以及其他收入与资金来源情况。针对生育与育儿津贴的调查数据，则可解答如下问题：新生儿母亲中申领生育及育儿津贴的占比、部分母亲未领取福利的原因，以及夫妻双方共享育儿津贴的相关情况。此外，本调查还可用于分析重返职场的时间节点与相关情境、低龄儿童家庭的收入充足性等诸多议题。