Appendix Table 1
Marginal effects from probit models of employment in 2010 for economic immigrant principal applicants and their spouses

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Appendix Table 1
Marginal effects from probit models of employment in 2010 for economic immigrant principal applicants and their spouses
Table summary
This table displays the results of Marginal effects from probit models of employment in 2010 for economic immigrant principal applicants and their spouses Male principal applicant, female spouse, Female principal applicant, male spouse, Model 1, Model 2, Model 3, Model 4, Model 5 and Model 6, calculated using percentage points and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Male principal applicant, female spouse Female principal applicant, male spouse
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
percentage points
Spouse -0.177Note *** -0.169Note *** -0.170Note *** 0.048Note *** 0.071Note *** 0.069Note ***
Highest completed level of education (reference: high school)  
No high school diploma Note ...: not applicable -0.017 -0.017 Note ...: not applicable -0.014 -0.016
Apprenticeship or trade Note ...: not applicable 0.058Note *** 0.054Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.039Note * 0.038Note *
College Note ...: not applicable 0.046Note *** 0.045Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.042Note *** 0.040Note ***
University certificate below bachelor's Note ...: not applicable 0.056Note *** 0.057Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.020 0.020Appendix Table Note 
Bachelor's degree Note ...: not applicable 0.068Note *** 0.066Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.017 0.015
University certificate above bachelor's Note ...: not applicable 0.069Note *** 0.067Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.019 0.020
Medicine Note ...: not applicable 0.068Note *** 0.065Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.052Note * -0.056Note *
Master's degree Note ...: not applicable 0.071Note *** 0.067Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.019 0.019
Doctorate Note ...: not applicable 0.073Note *** 0.066Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.001 -0.013
Mother tongue and ability to speak official languages (reference: mother tongue other, English)  
Mother tongue English, unilingual Note ...: not applicable 0.029Note *** 0.029Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.032Note *** 0.033Note ***
Mother tongue French, unilingual Note ...: not applicable 0.006 0.015 Note ...: not applicable -0.020 -0.012
Mother tongue English or French, bilingual Note ...: not applicable 0.025Note * 0.030Note ** Note ...: not applicable 0.026Appendix Table Note  0.029Appendix Table Note 
Mother tongue other, French Note ...: not applicable -0.032Note ** -0.021Note * Note ...: not applicable -0.042Note * -0.033Note *
Mother tongue other, bilingual Note ...: not applicable 0.006 0.012 Note ...: not applicable -0.010 -0.003
Mother tongue other, neither Note ...: not applicable -0.069Note *** -0.071Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.114Note *** -0.115Note ***
Canadian experience Note ...: not applicable 0.007Note *** 0.005Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.010Note *** 0.006Note ***
Foreign experience Note ...: not applicable -0.002Note *** -0.003Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.005Note *** -0.006Note ***
Location of postsecondary education (reference: all other countries)  
Canada Note ...: not applicable 0.038Note *** 0.045Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.016Appendix Table Note  0.022Note **
English-speaking developedAppendix Table Note 1 Note ...: not applicable 0.002 -0.002 Note ...: not applicable 0.017 0.010
Other Northwestern Europe Note ...: not applicable 0.036Note *** 0.032Note ** Note ...: not applicable 0.059Note *** 0.056Note ***
Visible minority Note ...: not applicable -0.052Note *** -0.051Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.048Note *** -0.045Note ***
Presence of children under age 2 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable -0.075Note *** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable -0.100Note ***
Attended school in 2010/2011 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable -0.080Note *** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable -0.103Note ***
Geographic location included in the model no yes yes no yes yes
  number
Sample size 78,490 78,490 78,490 24,122 24,112 24,112
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