Employment Insurance Coverage Survey, 2013 [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.

本调查的核心宗旨为研究就业保险（Employment Insurance, EI）计划的覆盖范围。其清晰勾勒出失业群体与就业不足群体中，能够申领EI待遇与无法申领EI待遇的人群图景。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衡量指标，用以识别申领EI待遇概率较低的群体，具体包括长期失业者、劳动力市场新进入者及在校学生、曾从事未参保就业后失业的人员、主动离职者，以及虽具备就业历史所要求的申领资格，但未提出申领或未实际获得待遇的个人。调查将详细记录受访者此前最后一份工作的相关特征，以及未获得待遇或未提出申领的具体原因。通过本次调查数据，分析人员还可深入研究未被EI覆盖的人群、已耗尽EI待遇人员的特征与处境，失业者的求职强度、重返原岗位的预期，以及替代性收入与资金来源情况。与生育及育儿津贴相关的调查数据，则可解答如下议题：婴幼儿母亲中申领生育与育儿津贴的占比、部分母亲未申领津贴的原因，以及与配偶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形、低龄儿童家庭的收入充足性等诸多内容。