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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
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  • BROADER TERM: broader or more general terms or phrases
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  • 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.

FAITH 

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.

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.

FAMILY LAW (Search for related entries in the library)

FAMILY LEAVE 

FAMILY POLICY (Search for related entries in the library)

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS (Search for related entries in the library)

FAMILY ROLES 

FAMILY STATUS (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Variable used in statistical tables.