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EXHIBIT E-1a - Weighted Means and Frequencies for Dependent Variables Used in the Models*

	Neumonic	Per Cent in Category or Mean
Currently employed (proportion)	dumemp1	46.9%
Currently full-time employed (proportion)	dumemp3	31.6%
Employed 12 consecutive weeks following intervention (proportion)	dumcons	66.4%
Percentage of weeks employed following intervention (mean)	weekwork	61.9%
Percentage of weeks looking for work while jobless following intervention (mean)	ratcl4	23.8%
Current weekly earnings (mean)	ci14d	$469.57
Absolute change in weekly earnings from one year prior to intervention (mean)	diffearn	$-89.53
Percentage change in weekly earnings from one year prior to intervention (mean)	diffearn2	234.1%
Percentage of weeks receiving EI in a new spell following intervention (mean)**	eipostp	6.2%
Received SA benefits following intervention (proportion)	dumsar	4.7%
* Based on survey results (unless otherwise indicated) for survey respondents from among EI claimants, "near" reachbacks (EI claim ended up to six months prior to the intervention), and the comparison group. ** Base on administrative data.

EXHIBIT E-1b - Weighted Means and Frequencies for Explanatory Variables Entered into the Models*

	Neumonic	Per Cent in Category or Mean
Intervention type (vs. non-participant in intervention)
Partners	Dumprg32	12.8
Entrepreneur	Dumprg12	6.8
Job Action	Dumprg42	7.9
SLG	Dumprg52	15.3
EAS	Dumprg22	4.1
Rural Experience	Dumprg62	12.4
Weeks since intervention ended	Weekbetw	54.5 weeks
Employment status one month before intervention (vs. not in labour force)
Employed	Dumpreun	45.3
Unemployed	Dumpreem	39.0
Employed one year before intervention (vs. not)	Duma22	80.1
Education level (vs. less than high school)
High-school certificate	Dumeduc1	34.4
At least some post-secondary	Dumeduc2	36.4
Age group (vs. <35 years)
35-44 years	Dumage1	54.4
45-54 years	Dumage2	25.0
55 years and over	Dumage3	14.4
Male (vs. female)	Dumsex	54.7
Mother tongue (vs. English)
French	Dumfre	40.3
Other	Dumoth	0.7
Married (vs. non-married)	Dummart	66.2
Minority (vs. not)	Dumminor	3.6
No dependents (vs. dependents)	Dumdep	45.5
Pre-intervention interest in:
Being trained (mean 1-7)	E5a	4.8
Starting own business (mean 1-7)	E5b	3.3
Entering labour force (mean 1-7)	E5c	6.5
Number of separations, 1992-1997 (vs. 2 or less)
3 to 5 separations	Roe35	40.4
6 or more separations	Roe6pl	27.8
No. of weeks eligible for EI overlapping with intervention (vs. not eligible)
1 to 36 weeks	Deielg1	30.9
36 to 52 weeks	Deielg37	35.7
No. of weeks received EI since 1992 prior to intervention (vs. 0-24 weeks)
25-52 weeks	Dewpr25	26.3
53-104 weeks	Dewpr53	27.5
105 weeks and more	Dewpr105	28.1
Earnings in year prior to intervention (vs.< $5,000)
$5,000 — 9,999	Dearn5k	25.9
$10,000 — 19,999	Dearn10k	28.8
$20,000 — 29,999	Dearn20k	11.5
$30,000 and over	Dearn30k	8.3
Received SA in year prior to intervention (vs. not)	Rsear1y	8.1
Use of other services
Used self-serve services (vs. not)	Dumself	49.5
Met a counsellor (vs. not)	Dumcouns	19.0
Set up an action plan (vs. not)	Dumact	8.3
Used other services (vs. not)	Dumother	7.0
n		1789
* Based on survey results for survey respondents from among EI claimants, "near" reachbacks (EI claim ended up to six months prior to the intervention), and the comparison group.

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