It may be that this young cohort has not yet experienced the influence of childbearing on work interruptions that has been experienced by their older counterparts. Another finding of Le Bourdais and Desrosiers identifies a regional difference in work patterns for women. Ontario residents have more continuous job paths than women in other regions of Canada. These findings suggest that women's work patterns cannot be considered highly sporadic because the patterns exhibit more continuity than expected. Nevertheless, women are three times more likely than men to report one job interruption.
Women also experience longer interruptions than men.
There is some indication that the duration of unemployment is greater between cohorts of women than between men and women. It should be noted that the confusion in this area is partially due to a problem of inadequate data. Potentially, this category could include married, widowed and divorced respondents. This includes only single respondents.