Descriptive statistics on selected characteristics at landing and labour market outcomes (unadjusted) in 2010 of economic immigrant principal applicants and spouses, by gender
Table 1
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Male | Female | |||
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Principal applicant | Spouse | Principal applicant | Spouse | |
percent | ||||
Education level at landing | ||||
High school or less | 9.7 | 22.9 | 9.6 | 26.6 |
Postsecondary below bachelor's degree | 15.0 | 21.2 | 15.6 | 19.4 |
Bachelor's degree | 50.5 | 44.0 | 54.9 | 42.9 |
Master's or Doctorate | 24.7 | 11.8 | 19.9 | 11.1 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Mother tongue, knowledge of official languages at landing | ||||
Mother tongue English, unilingual | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 7.9 |
Mother tongue French, unilingual | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Mother tongue English or French, knows English and French | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
Mother tongue other: | ||||
Knows English | 59.4 | 47.4 | 51.9 | 46.9 |
Knows French | 3.5 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
Knows English and French | 10.7 | 13.0 | 17.9 | 7.8 |
Knows neither English nor French | 15.9 | 22.9 | 14.2 | 30.3 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Age at landing | ||||
24 or younger | Note ...: not applicable | 0.3 | Note ...: not applicable | 3.0 |
25 to 29 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 15.6 | 20.4 |
30 to 34 | 28.3 | 25.7 | 33.2 | 32.9 |
35 to 39 | 33.5 | 29.8 | 31.0 | 28.3 |
40 to 45 | 28.9 | 25.2 | 20.2 | 14.2 |
Older than 45 | Note ...: not applicable | 9.5 | Note ...: not applicable | 1.2 |
Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
Labour market outcomes in 2010 | ||||
Percent employed | 91.5 | 87.7 | 82.9 | 73.8 |
Percent employed full time, full year | 60.5 | 52.5 | 46.4 | 37.4 |
dollars | ||||
Weekly employment earnings | ||||
Average | 1,270 | 931 | 858 | 613 |
Median | 962 | 690 | 675 | 434 |
Weekly employment earnings, conditional on being employed | ||||
Average | 1,385 | 1,060 | 1,033 | 829 |
Median | 1,057 | 784 | 802 | 629 |
... not applicable Note: Percentages may not add up to 100.0% because of rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, the 2011 National Household Survey linked with the Immigrant Landing File. |
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