Table 4
Marginal effects of selected characteristics on probability of self-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 self-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 self-employment after leaving a long-term job in paid employment. 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 -0.009*** -0.006***
2 -0.014*** -0.009***
3 -0.015*** -0.010***
4 -0.017*** -0.011***
5 -0.018*** -0.012***
6 -0.018*** -0.012***
7 -0.018*** -0.012***
8 -0.018*** -0.012***
9 -0.018*** -0.012***
10 -0.017*** -0.012***
Age at LTJ exit (reference: 50)  
51 0.002* -0.001
52 0.002* -0.001*
53 0.000 -0.002**
54 -0.001 -0.001†
55 -0.002* -0.002***
56 -0.002*** -0.002***
57 -0.002*** -0.003***
58 -0.003*** -0.003***
59 -0.004*** -0.004***
60 -0.006*** -0.004***
61 -0.005*** -0.005***
62 -0.005*** -0.005***
63 -0.005*** -0.006***
64 -0.007*** -0.007***
65 -0.009*** -0.007***
66 -0.006*** -0.006***
Marital status (reference: never married)  
Married 0.008*** 0.002**
Common-law 0.010*** 0.004***
Widowed 0.005* 0.000
Divorced 0.008*** 0.004***
Separated 0.009*** 0.004***
Reason for leaving LTJ (reference: other)  
Layoff -0.002*** -0.002***
Illness or injury -0.010*** -0.006***
Sector of LTJ (reference: private)  
Public 0.005*** 0.002***
Education and health 0.004*** 0.000
Registered Pension Plan in LTJ -0.005*** -0.004***
Permanent earnings divided by $10.000 0.000*** 0.001***
Province of residence (reference: Ontario)  
Atlantic Provinces -0.005*** -0.005***
Quebec -0.006*** -0.006***
Manitoba 0.002** 0.001
Saskatchewan 0.008*** 0.009***
Alberta 0.007*** 0.006***
British Columbia 0.004*** 0.003***
Territories 0.005 0.004
Year of LTJ exit (reference: 1999)  
1994 -0.002 -0.003
1995 0.001 0.000
1996 0.000 0.002*
1997 -0.001 -0.001
1998 -0.001 0.000
2000 -0.002** -0.001
2001 -0.003*** -0.001*
2002 -0.003*** 0.000
2003 -0.004*** -0.002**
2004 -0.003*** -0.001
2005 -0.003*** 0.000
2006 -0.004*** 0.000
2007 -0.004*** -0.001
2008 -0.004*** 0.000
2009 -0.005*** -0.002†
2010 -0.005*** -0.002†
***
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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