Estimated average marginal effects on entry into self-employment and wage employment
Table 3
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Variable | Probability of entry into self-employment | Probability of entry into wage employment | ||||||
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Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | Column 7 | Column 8 | |
coefficient | standard error | coefficient | standard error | coefficient | standard error | coefficient | standard error | |
Age group (omitted: 21 to 25) | ||||||||
26 to 30 | 0.004Note *** | 0.000 | 0.004Note *** | 0.000 | -0.058Note *** | 0.004 | -0.061Note *** | 0.004 |
31 to 35 | 0.007Note *** | 0.000 | 0.008Note *** | 0.000 | -0.168Note *** | 0.004 | -0.175Note *** | 0.004 |
36 to 40 | 0.005Note *** | 0.000 | 0.007Note *** | 0.000 | -0.223Note *** | 0.004 | -0.233Note *** | 0.004 |
Education (omitted: high school or less) | ||||||||
Some postsecondary | 0.003Note *** | 0.000 | 0.003Note *** | 0.000 | -0.053Note *** | 0.003 | -0.053Note *** | 0.003 |
Bachelor's degree | 0.006Note *** | 0.000 | 0.006Note *** | 0.000 | -0.048Note *** | 0.003 | -0.047Note *** | 0.003 |
Graduate degree | 0.034Note *** | 0.001 | 0.034Note *** | 0.001 | -0.147Note *** | 0.004 | -0.142Note *** | 0.004 |
Mother tongue other than English or French | -0.001Note *** | 0.000 | -0.001Note ** | 0.000 | 0.090Note *** | 0.003 | 0.090Note *** | 0.003 |
Visible minority | -0.004Note *** | 0.000 | -0.004Note *** | 0.000 | -0.084Note *** | 0.003 | -0.083Note *** | 0.003 |
Couple | -0.001Note ** | 0.000 | -0.003Note *** | 0.000 | -0.090Note *** | 0.004 | -0.087Note *** | 0.004 |
Other family income (log) | 0.004Note *** | 0.000 | 0.004Note *** | 0.000 | 0.025Note *** | 0.001 | 0.026Note *** | 0.001 |
Urban | -0.006Note *** | 0.000 | -0.006Note *** | 0.000 | 0.038Note *** | 0.003 | 0.039Note *** | 0.003 |
Region (omitted: Ontario) | ||||||||
Atlantic provinces | -0.017Note *** | 0.000 | -0.017Note *** | 0.000 | 0.072Note *** | 0.005 | 0.069Note *** | 0.005 |
Quebec | 0.004Note *** | 0.000 | 0.004Note *** | 0.000 | -0.046Note *** | 0.003 | -0.047Note *** | 0.003 |
Prairies | 0.013Note *** | 0.000 | 0.013Note *** | 0.000 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 |
British Columbia | 0.008Note *** | 0.000 | 0.008Note *** | 0.000 | 0.061Note *** | 0.003 | 0.061Note *** | 0.003 |
Age of the youngest child in 2006 (omitted: no children) | ||||||||
0 to 1 | 0.016Note *** | 0.001 | 0.014Note *** | 0.001 | -0.065Note *** | 0.004 | -0.076Note *** | 0.004 |
2 to 3 | 0.010Note *** | 0.001 | 0.013Note *** | 0.001 | 0.026Note *** | 0.005 | -0.001 | 0.005 |
4 to 5 | 0.004Note *** | 0.001 | 0.008Note *** | 0.001 | -0.022Note *** | 0.005 | -0.050Note *** | 0.005 |
6 to 12 | -0.005Note *** | 0.001 | -0.008Note *** | 0.001 | 0.085Note *** | 0.004 | 0.100Note *** | 0.004 |
13 to 17 | -0.013Note *** | 0.001 | -0.015Note *** | 0.001 | 0.042Note *** | 0.006 | 0.053Note *** | 0.006 |
18 and over | -0.021Note *** | 0.000 | -0.021Note *** | 0.000 | 0.005 | 0.007 | 0.002 | 0.007 |
Number of children under the age of 18 in 2006 | -0.001Note *** | 0.000 | 0.001Note *** | 0.000 | 0.008Note *** | 0.001 | -0.001 | 0.001 |
New mothers | 0.012Note *** | 0.000 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | -0.066Note *** | 0.004 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable |
Changes in the number of children under the age of 6 between 2006 and 2011 (omitted: no change) | ||||||||
Number of children declined | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | -0.007Note *** | 0.000 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 0.054Note *** | 0.004 |
Number of children increased by 1 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 0.011Note *** | 0.000 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | -0.053Note *** | 0.004 |
Number of children increased by 2 or more | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 0.025Note *** | 0.001 | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | -0.110Note *** | 0.005 |
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on 2006 Census of Population–2011 National Household Survey data. |
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