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Foreign work experience, admission class, and source regions of entering male immigrants, 1991, 2000 and 2004, by earnings1 quartile

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Foreign work experience, admission class, and source regions of entering male immigrants, 1991, 2000 and 2004, by earnings quartile
  Distribution Changes in distribution
1991 2000 2004 1991 to 2000 2000 to 2004
  years
Bottom quartile  
Foreign experience 14.7 13.8 13.9 -0.9 0.1
  percent
Admission class  
Family class 23 19.6 17.1 -3.4 -2.4
Skilled principal applicants 40.4 50.9 51.2 10.6 0.2
Skilled spouse/dependants 9.2 10.6 12.4 1.3 1.9
Refugees 20.6 17.9 15.4 -2.8 -2.5
Others 6.8 1.1 3.9 -5.7 2.9
Source region  
United States 0.7 1.2 0.7 0.4 -0.5
Caribbean, South and Central America 6.1 5.3 6.7 -0.8 1.4
Northern, Western and Southern Europe 3.3 4.5 4.4 1.2 -0.2
Eastern Europe 13.4 13.2 10.1 -0.2 -3.0
Africa 10.8 11.9 15.1 1.1 3.2
South Asia 24.9 20.7 18.7 -4.3 -2.0
East Asia 24.8 29.0 31.0 4.2 2.0
Other Asia 15.4 13.9 12.9 -1.5 -1.0
Other countries 0.5 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.1
  years
2nd quartile  
Foreign experience 14.6 14.2 14.2 -0.4 0.0
  percent
Admission class  
Family class 30.8 29.6 24.8 -1.1 -4.8
Skilled principal applicants 38.3 45.3 46.2 7.0 0.9
Skilled spouse/dependants 7.2 7.7 9.2 0.6 1.5
Refugees 15.8 14.8 13.1 -1.1 -1.7
Others 7.9 2.5 6.6 -5.4 4.1
Source region  
United States 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.2 0.1
Caribbean, South and Central America 8.9 8.4 7.6 -0.5 -0.8
Northern, Western and Southern Europe 4.5 6.2 5.0 1.7 -1.2
Eastern Europe 11.7 13.0 11.7 1.3 -1.3
Africa 7.3 9.7 12.5 2.3 2.8
South Asia 26.5 23.6 23.6 -2.9 0.0
East Asia 21.7 20.5 21.4 -1.2 0.9
Other Asia 17.9 17.0 16.4 -0.9 -0.6
Other countries 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0 0.0
  years
3rd quartile  
Foreign experience 15.0 13.5 13.6 -1.4 0.1
  percent
Admission class  
Family class 29.7 25.6 26.6 -4.0 0.9
Skilled principal applicants 42.8 50.3 45.8 7.6 -4.6
Skilled spouse/dependants 7.3 7.8 9.0 0.5 1.1
Refugees 12.9 13.6 11.4 0.6 -2.1
Others 7.3 2.7 7.3 -4.7 4.6
Source region  
United States 1.0 1.3 1.3 0.3 -0.1
Caribbean, South and Central America 9.7 7.9 7.9 -1.8 0.0
Northern, Western and Southern Europe 6.9 8.1 6.4 1.2 -1.7
Eastern Europe 12.3 14.4 12.4 2.1 -2.0
Africa 7.1 8.9 10.4 1.8 1.4
South Asia 23.7 24.4 27.3 0.8 2.9
East Asia 17.4 17.1 14.7 -0.3 -2.4
Other Asia 21.1 16.7 18.2 -4.4 1.5
Other countries 0.8 1.1 1.5 0.3 0.4
  years
Top quartile  
Foreign experience 13.7 11.6 12.6 -2.1 1.0
  percent
Admission class  
Family class 15.8 10.7 22.1 -5.1 11.4
Skilled principal applicants 68.9 80.2 58.4 11.3 -21.8
Skilled spouse/dependants 5.9 5.1 5.6 -0.8 0.5
Refugees 5.7 3.4 7.4 -2.2 4.0
Others 3.7 0.6 6.5 -3.1 5.9
Source region  
United States 4.4 2.8 3.9 -1.6 1.1
Caribbean, South and Central America 6.4 6.2 9.1 -0.1 2.8
Northern, Western and Southern Europe 15.3 14.8 16.4 -0.5 1.6
Eastern Europe 17.7 17.8 12.7 0.1 -5.1
Africa 9.3 9.3 11.1 0.0 1.8
South Asia 19.1 16.4 21.6 -2.8 5.2
East Asia 15.2 23.7 9.7 8.5 -14.0
Other Asia 11.3 7.9 12.5 -3.3 4.5
Other countries 1.3 1.1 3.1 -0.2 2.0
1.
Earnings during first two full years in Canada.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Administrative Databank and Longitudinal Immigration Database.