Table 2
Marginal effects of selected characteristics on probability of re-employment after leaving long-term job (LTJ) in paid employment, by sex, workers aged 50 or older, Canada, 1994 to 2010

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Marginal effects of selected characteristics on probability of re-employment after leaving long-term job (LTJ) in paid employment, by sex, workers aged 50 or older, Canada, 1994 to 2010
Table summary
This table presents results from a discrete-time hazard model estimated using a logistic regression. The table displays marginal effects on the probability of re-employment after leaving a long-term job. The row headers display the covariates in the regression. The column headers specify the workers' gender.
  Men Women
  coefficient
Number of years to re-employment (reference: 0)  
1 -0.018*** -0.009***
2 -0.075*** -0.066***
3 -0.073*** -0.058***
4 -0.083*** -0.066***
5 -0.089*** -0.076***
6 -0.091*** -0.077***
7 -0.089*** -0.079***
8 -0.091*** -0.079***
9 -0.090*** -0.077***
10 -0.088*** -0.077***
Age at LTJ exit ( reference: 50)  
51 -0.007*** -0.009***
52 -0.016*** -0.015***
53 -0.019*** -0.024***
54 -0.030*** -0.029***
55 -0.045*** -0.040***
56 -0.049*** -0.044***
57 -0.051*** -0.045***
58 -0.057*** -0.047***
59 -0.060*** -0.052***
60 -0.068*** -0.060***
61 -0.067*** -0.058***
62 -0.068*** -0.059***
63 -0.070*** -0.061***
64 -0.071*** -0.062***
65 -0.078*** -0.068***
66 -0.071*** -0.063***
Marital status (reference: never married)  
Married 0.033*** -0.004**
Common-law 0.036*** 0.002
Widowed 0.009† -0.004
Divorced 0.023*** 0.023***
Separated 0.047*** 0.030***
Reason for leaving LTJ (reference: other)  
Layoff 0.023*** 0.011***
Illness or injury -0.052*** -0.039***
Sector of LTJ (reference: private)  
Public -0.013*** -0.009***
Education and health -0.005*** -0.002*
Registered Pension Plan in LTJ -0.026*** -0.011***
Permanent earnings divided by $10,000 0.000*** 0.001***
Province of residence (reference: Ontario)  
Atlantic Provinces -0.013*** -0.007***
Quebec -0.003* 0.003*
Manitoba 0.013*** 0.015***
Saskatchewan 0.026*** 0.031***
Alberta 0.042*** 0.032***
British Columbia 0.002 0.002
Territories 0.121*** 0.079***
Year (reference: 1999)  
1994 -0.023*** -0.024***
1995 -0.026*** -0.022***
1996 -0.016*** -0.019***
1997 -0.029*** -0.033***
1998 0.000 0.005*
2000 -0.006** 0.012***
2001 -0.004† 0.000
2002 -0.007*** -0.005*
2003 -0.006** -0.001
2004 -0.008*** -0.002
2005 0.006** -0.001
2006 -0.012*** -0.006**
2007 0.017*** 0.045***
2008 -0.001 0.008*
2009 -0.016*** -0.010**
2010 0.003 -0.013**
significantly different from reference category (p<0.001)
significantly different from reference category (p<0.01)
significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
significantly different from reference category (p<0.10)
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Worker File, full sample.
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