The Work, Family, and Equity Index:
Document source : www.mcgill.ca
through June 2004, April 2005 through June 2005; August through September 2005; and
March through May 2006.
Secondary Sources
Secondary data sources enabled us to clarify or supplement information provided by
primary sources such as when a whole region was lacking data from the primary data
sources. The most heavily used sources were Social Security Programs Throughout the
World (SSPTW) and The ILO/UN Report, The World's Women, 2000 and 2005 Update.
Secondary sources on individual government websites were also examined.
Social Security Programs Throughout the World (SSPTW)
The Social Security Programs throughout the World database is the most comprehensive
source of global data on social security policies. The database contains information on
174 countries, 160 of which the Index includes. The database contains individual reports
describing the major features of the social security system in each country.
The SSPTW
is more comprehensive than any other secondary source we located and contains data on
labor codes and legislation we needed for many countries. The source was accessed
September 2005-July 2006 and is available at:
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/
The ILO/UN Report, The World's Women, 2000 and 2005 Update
Global data on maternity leave was checked against the UN publication The World's
Women 2000: Trends and Statistics (2000), as well as its update, The World's Women
2005: Progress in Statistics available at
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/ww2005/tab5c.htm.
The data on wage replacement rate presented in the ILO/UN report is particularly
valuable as it is more complete than other sources, including the SSPTW. The ILO/UN
data takes employer contributions into account (where applicable) and reports the total
amount of wage replacement received during paid maternity leave. In many such cases,
this source also describes the breakdown of percentages paid by employer and by social
security. We cross-checked the UN/ILO source with other sources to ensure we coded
only the most up-to-date policies.
Secondary sources provided on individual government websites
In several cases, government web sites provided only secondary sources, such as
synopses of relevant legislation and informational pamphlets. These government
publications provide summaries that are generally comprehensive and discuss multiple
sources of primary legislation pertaining to a given topic. The summaries often draw
upon primary sources and were particularly helpful in our searches for data on leave
policies, which are often regulated by several interrelated acts of legislation.
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Summary :
Secondary Sources Secondary data sources enabled us to clarify or supplement information provided by primary sources such as when a whole region was lacking data from the primary data sources. The source was accessed September 2005-July 2006 and is available at: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/ The ILO/UN Report, The World's Women, 2000 and 2005 Update Global data on maternity leave was checked against the UN publication The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics (2000), as well as its update, The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/ww2005/tab5c.htm.
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