Low income In 1999, one in five female part-time employees said they worked part-time because of personal or family responsibilities: 16% said they did not work full-time because they were caring for children, while 5% reported other family or personal responsibilities. In sharp contrast, only 2% of male part-time workers cited these reasons. [Statistics Canada (2000), pg. 103-4] The most vulnerable and marginalised women are the least likely to be eligible for benefits under the Act. These women include: teenaged new mothers women with little education low income women single mothers immigrant women visible minority women Aboriginal women women with disabilities ©2004, Women's Network PEI, Inc.