Legal coverage of paid maternity leave
| Quick info | |
|---|---|
| Data type | Ordinal |
| Scale | Ordinal |
| Value labels | |
| Technical name | fam_mat_leave_cov_paid_own |
| Category | {{{category}}} |
| Label | {{{label}}} |
| Related indicators | Coverage of maternity leave scheme |
This indicator codes the de jure coverage of paid maternity leave. This indicator is constructed in a way to serve two purposes; firstly to detect exclusion of atypical groups easily, secondly to identify coverage of employees in the public sector.
Coding rules
In case of the existence of multiple parallel maternity leave programs, it codes the aggregated coverage from multiple parallel programs to give a general overview of the coverage of paid maternity leave in a nation-state. The basic format of this variable is the "numeric index. name of occupation". If maternity protection in a nation-state covers more than one occupation or group, these formats will be connected with either ";" or "+". We thus chain multiple levels of information that are organized as follows:
- 1. Status variable
- 1.1 residence (i.e. 1.1 resident, 1.1 universal, 1.1 British subject)
- 1.2 gender, age, marital status, income level (1.2 needy, 1.2 single, 1.2 widow)
- 1.3 regional information (e.g. 1.3 citizens in Kabur)
- 1.4 ethnic group (e.g. 1.4 Asian, 1.4 Aborigine)
- 1.5 beneficiary of the other types of social program (e.g. 1.5 pensioner, 1.5 widow of recipient)
- 2. Types of employment (especially atypical types of employment, e.g. 2. Self-employed, 2. Family workers, 2. Household workers, 2. Irregular workers)
- 3. Occupational variables (hierarchical structure)
- 3.1 highest level: employed, unemployed, students/apprentice, religious occupation
- 3.2 middle level: private sector, public sector
- 3.3 lowest level: details of the occupation
- 3.4 membership of trade union
In case of an occupational variable, the information is often coded as the combination of different levels (i.e. 3.2 public + 3.3 civil servant, 3.2 public + 3.3 military)
- We always code only the lowest level of information. If the lowest level (3.3) of occupational information is given, it indicates that only the specific occupational groups are covered. In contrast, if the highest level (3.1 employed) is coded, it implies all employed people are covered.
Bibliographic info
Citation: Keonhi Son, Tobias Böger, Simone Tonelli, Petra Buhr, Sonja Drobnic, and Johannes Huinick, 2020, “Coding book of historical dataset of maternity leave”, Available at: “URL"
Related publications:
Misc
Project manager(s): Petra Buhr, Sonja Drobnic, Johannes Huinink, Keonhi Son, Simone Tonelli.
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Sources
International Labour Organization (1919-). ILO Legislative series, International Labour Organization. Geneva. Retrieved from: https://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/P/09607/.
