This document summarizes the basic concepts, underlying methodologies, strengths and limitations of the data available for personal support workers in Alberta.
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- Canada
Table of Contents
- Table of contents 3
- About CIHI’s personal support worker data 4
- About this document 5
- Data availability 5
- Personal support workers 5
- Data collection 6
- Population of interest 6
- Defining the workforce 6
- Data quality 7
- Under- and over-coverage 7
- Terminology and general methodology 8
- Languages 8
- Location of credential received 8
- Primary employment 8
- Full-time/part-time status 8
- Total weekly hours worked 9
- Workforce geography 9
- Comparability 10
- Data limitations and considerations 11
- Appendices 12
- Appendix A: List of PSW data providers, 2023 12
- Appendix B: Inactive PSW registrants, 2020 to 2023 12
- Reference 13
- Bibliography 13
