Pre- and post-release income

With the recent deployment to Afghanistan and other commitments, the CAF has been using more Reservists to fill multiple roles both in Canada and on deployments, and this study provides new and important information about the well-being of this population in addition to Veterans of the Regular Force. [...] Details can be found in Appendix A. Total income, sources of income, the percentage who received EI, SA/GIS and the percentage with incomes below the before-tax LIM were calculated for the year prior to release, the release year and the up to 13 years post-release for Regular Force and eight years post-release for Reserve Force. [...] For the analysis of pre- and post-release income by demographic and service characteristics, a cohort who linked to the tax file in the pre-release year and all of the first three years post-release was followed. [...] Rates for receipt of EI were 6% in the pre-release year rose to 12% in the release year, and peaked at 16% in the first year post-release. [...] Starting at 1% in the pre-release year and rising to 2% in year one post release, the rate of receipt of SA or GIS declined back to 1% by the third year after release and remained at that level.