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Table A.3
Informational resources of near-retirees, by labour market characteristics, Canada, 2007

  Typically receive financial information from… Understand public retirement income programs… Gathered retirement information during past 5 years1
Any source Financial industry Not at all somewhat or very well
percentage
Class of worker
Paid employees †
71.1
47.8
24.9
75.1
45.6
Self-employed
71.1
57.0*
26.7
73.3
40.7*
Unionization
Unionized employees
73.0
46.3
22.9
77.1*
48.6*
Non-unionized employees †
69.7
48.9
26.4
73.6
43.6
Industry2
Primary industries
68.1
53.7
24.0
76.0
37.8
Construction
62.1
45.9
32.8
67.2
40.1
Utilities & Manufacturing †
68.8
46.4
25.5
74.5
45.4
Distributive services
67.8
49.5
27.9
72.1
43.1
FIRE
69.6
48.0
20.4
79.6
45.4
Professional & Business services
73.7
54.9*
23.2
76.8
43.4
Consumer services
68.0
46.7
30.1
69.9
38.3*
Health, Education, Social services
76.4*
52.9*
24.5
75.5
48.8
Public administration
76.0*
46.6
15.0*
85.0*
56.5*
Occupation
Management
77.8*
61.2*
19.7*
80.3*
53.4*
Professional
77.9*
55.5*
18.8*
81.2*
52.1*
Technologists/technicians
76.5*
53.5*
25.9
74.1
51.9*
Clerical
74.7*
51.5*
21.4*
78.6*
48.4*
Sales/services
64.2
42.9
32.3
67.7
36.3
Trades, transportation & eq op
63.8
40.0
31.7
68.3
37.6
Occupations in primary industries
64.4
51.2*
24.8
75.2
36.4
Occupations in process, manuf, util †
60.3
38.1
31.1
68.9
32.6
Job tenure
Less than 10 years †
65.5
46.1
30.2
69.8
39.6
10 to 19 years
74.1*
52.5*
23.6*
76.4*
46.9*
20 or more years
77.2*
52.4*
18.9*
81.1*
50.9*
† Reference group.
* Statistically significant difference from women at p < 0.05.
1 Only includes persons who stated a planned age of retirement.
2 Primary industries include agriculture, forestry, mining and oil & gas.
Distributive services include wholesale trade, transportation & warehousing.
Professional and business services include professional, scientific & technical, management and administrative services.
Consumer services include retail trade, food & accommodation, recreation and other services.
Information and cultural services are included with Health, Education and Social Services.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey 2007.
Date Modified: 2008-11-21

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