Thesaurus

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definitions of terms used in thesaurus entries

• SCOPE NOTE: explains HOW the term has been used to index items in the library database; defines the term
• USE: denotes a preferred term or phrase
• USED FOR: indicates terms or phrases that are NOT used to index items in the library database; these terms or phrases are considered synonymous with the indicated preferred term (only use "preferred terms" when searching the library database)
• BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
• NARROWER TERM: narrower or more specific terms or phrases; a subset of the indicated broader term
• RELATED TERM: a term or phrase that is conceptually or associatively linked with the indicated preferred term

Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Districts in industrializing countries where multinational corporations are given tax and other incentives to employ workers to produce goods for export, many of whom are migrant women.

• RELATED TERM(S)

GLOBALIZATION

INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR

FAITH 

• USE

RELIGION

FAMILIES (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A group of two or more persons who are related to each other by blood, marriage, common-law, or adoption, and may form a household.

• NARROWER TERM(S)

CENSUS FAMILY

CHILDREN

DUAL-EARNER FAMILIES

ECONOMIC FAMILIES

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

PARENTS

SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES

• RELATED TERM(S)

FATHERHOOD

HOUSEHOLDS

MARRIAGE

MOTHERHOOD

• USED FOR

NUCLEAR FAMILIES

FAMILY CLASS IMMIGRANTS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Immediate family members or close relatives of a Canadian citizen or permanent resident who wish to immigrate to Canada as permanent residents. Sponsors are required to support relatives.

• BROADER TERM(S)

CLASS OF IMMIGRANT

• RELATED TERM(S)

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION POLICY

FAMILY LAW (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

LAW

• RELATED TERM(S)

FAMILY POLICY

FILIAL OBLIGATION

FAMILY LEAVE 

• USE

PARENTAL BENEFITS

FAMILY POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

PUBLIC POLICY

• RELATED TERM(S)

FAMILY LAW

FILIAL OBLIGATION

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

FAMILIES

• RELATED TERM(S)

FILIAL OBLIGATION

INTERGENERATIONAL CARE

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS

• USED FOR

FAMILY ROLES

PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY ROLES 

• USE

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY STATUS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Variable used in statistical tables.

• RELATED TERM(S)

MARITAL STATUS