jobs {DAAG}R Documentation

Canadian Labour Force Summary Data (1995-96)

Description

The number of workers in the Canadian labour force broken down by region (BC, Alberta, Prairies, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic) for the 24-month period from January, 1995 to December, 1996 (a time when Canada was emerging from a deep economic recession).

Usage

jobs

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

BC
monthly labour force counts in British Columbia
Alberta
monthly labour force counts in Alberta
Prairies
monthly labour force counts in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Ontario
monthly labour force counts in Ontario
Quebec
monthly labour force counts in Quebec
Atlantic
monthly labour force counts in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick
Date
year (in decimal form)

Details

These data have been seasonally adjusted.

Source

Statistics Canada

Examples

print("Multiple Variables and Times - Example 2.1.4")
sapply(jobs, range)
pause()

matplot(jobs[,7], jobs[,-7], type="l", xlim=c(95,97.1))
 # Notice that we have been able to use a data frame as the second argument to matplot().
 # For more information on matplot(), type help(matplot)
text(rep(jobs[24,7], 6), jobs[24,1:6], names(jobs)[1:6], adj=0)
pause()

sapply(log(jobs[,-7]), range)
apply(sapply(log(jobs[,-7]), range), 2, diff)
pause()

oldpar <- par(mfrow=c(2,3))
range.log <- sapply(log(jobs[,-7], 2), range)
maxdiff <- max(apply(range.log, 2, diff))
range.log[2,] <- range.log[1,] + maxdiff
titles <- c("BC Jobs","Alberta Jobs","Prairie Jobs",
   "Ontario Jobs", "Quebec Jobs", "Atlantic Jobs")
for (i in 1:6){
plot(jobs$Date, log(jobs[,i], 2), type = "l", ylim = range.log[,i],
    xlab = "Time", ylab = "Number of jobs", main = titles[i])
}
par(oldpar)

[Package DAAG version 0.76 Index]