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Description - Figure 22 - Government of Canada 1 Column Template

Graph shows, gender by job type, the link between flexibility with the ability to take a paid day off to care for a sick child, and illustrates that the ability to take a paid day off for child care benefits men with dependent care responsibilities more than their female counterparts. Female managers and professionals realize fewer benefits from this form of flexibility than either their male counterparts or females in other positions.