Table 4
Odds ratios from multinomial logistic regressions on work status
and the degree of co-ethnic concentration at the workplace
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Immigrants | Canadian born of immigrant parents | |||||||
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Did not work | Half co-workers are co-ethnics | Few or no co-workers are co-ethnics | Ethnic ancestry not important | Did not work | Half co-workers are co-ethnics | Few or no co-workers are co-ethnics | Ethnic ancestry not important | |
Women | 4.03 *** | 0.96 | 1.39 *** | 1.02 | 2.89 *** | 0.80 | 1.04 | 0.71 |
Age | 1.01 ** | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.98 *** | 1.04 *** | 1.06 *** | 1.03 ** | 1.02 |
High school graduation | 0.86 | 1.63 *** | 1.80 *** | 1.66 *** | 0.20 *** | 0.44 * | 0.74 | 0.39 * |
Some postsecondary | 0.90 | 1.46 *** | 2.18 *** | 1.10 | 0.41 * | 0.98 | 1.80 | 0.87 |
University | 0.93 | 2.12 *** | 3.38 *** | 1.30 | 0.30 ** | 0.77 | 1.46 | 0.35 * |
Not speaking E/F1 | 0.24 *** | 0.06 *** | 0.05 *** | 0.17 *** | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Mother tongue not E/F, can speak E/F but not use E/F with friends | 0.50 *** | 0.32 *** | 0.51 *** | 0.65 ** | 0.23 *** | 0.29 ** | 0.38 ** | 0.24 ** |
Mother tongue not E/F, uses E/F with friends | 0.69 * | 0.68 ** | 1.02 | 0.70 | 4.10 ** | 2.09 | 4.58 *** | 2.04 |
Mother tongue not E/F, spoke E/F in family by age 15 | 0.66 * | 0.51 *** | 0.82 | 0.66 | 0.85 | 0.90 | 1.55 ** | 0.73 |
In Canada <=5 years | 2.43 *** | 0.74 ** | 0.54 *** | 0.59 *** | ... | ... | ... | ... |
In Canada 6 to 10 years | 1.69 *** | 1.15 | 0.86 | 0.82 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Married | 0.71 *** | 1.03 | 0.89 | 0.69 ** | 0.96 | 1.17 | 1.13 | 1.08 |
Number of young children | 1.32 *** | 1.07 | 0.99 | 1.10 | 1.08 | 0.77 ** | 0.76 ** | 1.03 |
Strong ethnic belonging | 0.62 *** | 0.20 *** | 0.86 * | 0.97 | 0.71 * | 0.28 *** | 1.12 | 1.23 |
With ethnic friends | 0.36 *** | 0.18 *** | 0.58 *** | 0.66 * | 0.21 *** | 0.14 *** | 0.25 *** | 0.99 |
Chinese | 0.50 *** | 0.35 *** | 0.30 *** | 0.51 *** | 0.30 *** | 0.27 *** | 0.40 ** | 0.99 |
South Asian | 0.58 *** | 0.46 *** | 0.59 *** | 1.05 | 3.66 | 1.81 | 2.01 | 3.76 |
Black | 0.56 ** | 0.39 *** | 1.02 | 1.11 | 1.56 | 0.79 | 1.67 | 1.26 |
Filipino | 0.20 *** | 0.47 *** | 0.39 *** | 0.50 ** | 1.39 | 1.16 | 1.81 | 1.13 |
Other visible minorities | 0.59 *** | 0.37 *** | 0.50 *** | 0.62 * | 2.19 | 1.33 | 1.73 | 1.45 |
German | 2.72 | 2.80 | 2.08 | 0.52 | 1.32 | 1.32 | 1.51 | 4.45 ** |
Italian | 0.43 *** | 0.27 *** | 0.53 *** | 1.34 | 0.57 ** | 0.34 *** | 0.81 | 2.16 ** |
Portuguese | 0.25 *** | 0.41 *** | 0.32 *** | 0.96 | 0.82 | 0.25 *** | 0.71 | 1.54 |
Metropolitan area dummies | included | included | included | included | included | included | included | included |
… not applicable
* significant at p<0.05
** significant at p<0.01
*** significant at p<0.001
1. English/French.
Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey.
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