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  • 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.


PATRIARCHY (Search for related entries in the library)

PAY EQUITY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Equal pay for work of equal value.

PENNSYLVANIA (Search for related entries in the library)

PENSION PLANS 

PENSIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

PEO 

PEOPLE 

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 

PERIOD OF IMMIGRATION (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Variable used in the statistical tables and by Statistics Canada that measures the year in which people acquire landed immigrant status.

PERMANENT EMPLOYEES