Work-Life Balance by Region

All information reported in the Work-Life Balance by Region Indicators section of www.jobquality.ca were derived directly from the report Where to Work in Canada? An Examination of Regional Differences in Work Life Practices by Professor Linda Duxbury (Sprott School of Business - Carleton University) and Professor Chris Higgins (Richard Ivey School of Business - University of Western Ontario).

Methodology:

The data in this report is taken from the 2001 National Worklife Balance Study. Full details on this study can be found in the following locations:

• Work-Life Balance in the New Millennium: Where Are We? Where Do We Need to Go? CPRN Discussion Paper No. W|12 October 2001-
  Website: http://www.cprn.org/doc.cfm?doc=52&l=en
• The 2001 National Work-Life Conflict Study: Report One (2002)
  Website: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/work-travail/report1/index.html
• Voices of Canadians (2003)
  Website: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/lp/spila/wlb/vcswlb/05table_of_contents.shtml
• Work-life Conflict in the New Millennium: A Status Report (2003)
  Website: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pphb-dgspsp/publicat/work-travail/report2/index.html
  

The Questionnaire:

The 12 page survey instrument was divided into 9 sections: your job; your manager; time management; work, family and personal life; work arrangements; work environment; family; physical and mental health; and “information about you.” Virtually all of the scales used in the questionnaire are psychometrically sound measures that have been well-validated in other studies. A summary of the measures used, including the working definition of each of the variables, the source of the measure and its interpretation, can be found in the reports cited above.