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.

PATRIARCHY (Search for related entries in the library)

• RELATED TERM(S)

DUAL SYSTEMS THEORY

FEMINISM

RADICAL FEMINISM

SOCIALIST FEMINISM

UNIFIED SYSTEMS THEORY

PAY EQUITY (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: Equal pay for work of equal value.

• BROADER TERM(S)

EQUITY

• RELATED TERM(S)

EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK

WAGE INEQUALITY

PENNSYLVANIA (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

UNITED STATES

PENSION PLANS 

• USE

PENSIONS

PENSIONS (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

INCOME

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• USED FOR

OLD AGE PENSIONS

PENSION PLANS

PEO 

• USE

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER ORGANIZATION

PEOPLE 

• USE

PERSONS

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 

• USE

PERSONS 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.

• RELATED TERM(S)

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION

PERMANENT EMPLOYEES 

• RELATED TERM(S)

STANDARD EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP