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Exhibit F.1 - Unweighted Means and Frequencies for Dependent Variables Used in the Models* Canada/PEI LMDA

Post-Intervention Dependent Variables (Outcomes)	Participants		Comparison Group		Overall
	n	Percent or Mean in Category	n	Percent or Mean in Category	n	Percent or Mean in Category
Currently employed (proportion)	1,164	59%	470	69%	1,634	61%
Currently full-time employed (proportion)	1,164	29%	470	18%	1,634	26%
Currently seasonally employed (proportion)	1,164	17%	420	33%	1,634	21%
Employed three consecutive months following intervention (proportion)	1,104	74%	481	75%	1,585	74%
Percentage of weeks employed following intervention (mean)	913	68%	393	62%	1,306	66%
Percentage of Weeks looking for work while jobless following intervention (mean)	745	74%	348	61%	1,093	70%
Current weekly earnings(mean)	997	$ 328.70	416	$ 425.40	1,413	$ 357.18
Absolute change in weekly earnings from one year prior to intervention (mean)	927	$ 14.80	401	$ 47.48	1,328	$ 24.67
Percentage change in weekly earnings from one year prior to intervention (mean)	789	234%	366	307%	1,155	257%
Percentage of Weeks receiving EI in a new spell following intervention (mean)**	1,164	13.2%	485	27.7%	1,649	17.4%
Received SA benefits following intervention (proportion)	1,123	13%	485	8%	1,614	11%
* Based on survey results (unless otherwise indicated) for the full sample of participants and non-participants, less observations with missing data or outliers. ** Based on administrative data.

Exhibit F.2 - Unweighted Means and Frequencies for Explanatory Variables Entered into the Models* Canada/PEI LMDA

Explanatory/Control Variables	Percent in Category or Mean
	Participant Group	Comparison Group	Overall
Intervention type (vs. non-participant in intervention) ( n=1,649)
Employment Assistance Services (EAS)	**	**	13%
Self-Employment (SE)	**	**	6%
Target Wage Subsidies (TWS)	**	**	16%
Training/Feepayers (TFP)1	**	**	35%
Job Creation Partnerships (JCP)	**	**	8%
Weeks since intervention ended (mean) (n=1,504)	52.2	69.2	57.7
Employment status one month before intervention (vs. not in labour force) (n=1,598)
Employed	48%	34%	44%
Unemployed	38%	57%	44%
Employed one year before intervention (vs. not) (n=1631)	81%	88%	83%
Education level (vs. less than high school) (n=1,647)
High school certificate	34%	29%	32%
At least some post-secondary	41%	39%	41%
Age group (vs. <35 years)(n=1,631)
35-44 years	29%	33%	30%
45-54 years	16%	21%	17%
55 years and over	3%	13%	6%
Male (vs. female) (n=1649)	48%	47%	48%
Mother tongue (vs. English) (n=1,647)
French	5%	4%	5.0
Other	1.5%	0.4%	1.2
Married (vs. non-married) (n=1,647)	58%	68%	61%
Minority (vs. not) (n=1,647)	9%	6%	9%
No dependents (vs. dependents) (n=1,637)	44%	9%	34%
Pre-intervention interest in:
Being trained (mean 1-7) (n=627)	5.7	4.0	5.2
Starting own business (mean 1-7) (n=1,627)	3.4	2.7	3.2
Entering labour force (mean 1-7) (n=1,639)	6.5	6.6	6.5
Number of separations, 1992-1997 (vs. 2 or less) (n=1,649)
3 to 5 separations	27%	25%	26%
6 or more separations	52%	61%	55%
No. of weeks received EI since 1992 prior to intervention (vs. 0-24 weeks) (n=1,527)
25-52 weeks	19%	19%	19%
53-104 weeks	24%	20%	23%
105 weeks and more	44%	38%	35%
Earnings in year prior to intervention (vs.< $5,000) (n=1,523)
$5,000 — 9,999	32%	35%	33%
$10,000 — 19,999	19%	33%	23%
$20,000 — 29,999	7%	13%	9%
$30,000 and over	8%	6%	7%
Received SA in year prior to intervention (vs. not) (n=1,523)	10%	7%	9%
Use of other services
Used self-serve products (vs. not) (n=1,649)	80%	53%	72%
Met with a counsellor (vs. not) (n=1,635)	43%	18%	36%
Set up an action plan (vs. not) (n=626)	19%	6%	15%
Used other services (vs. not) (n=1,643)	7%	15%	9%
* Based on survey results for the full sample of participants and non-participants, less observations with missing data or outliers. ** Applicable to total population only. 1. The Training and Feepayers component of the Canada/PEI LMDA are now contained under the title Skill Development.