Table 2
Incidence (observations) of foreign-owned plants by plant-size class, 1973 to 1999

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Incidence (observations) of foreign-owned plants by plant-size class, 1973 to 1999
  First quartile Second quartile Third quartile Fourth quartile Total
  number
Ownership  
Domestic 103,711 94,783 90,307 77,736 366,537
Foreign 4,295 8,002 13,326 24,289 49,912
Total sample 108,006 102,785 103,633 102,025 416,449
  percent
Foreign ownership 3.98 7.79 12.86 23.81 11.99
  number
Control changes  
All control changes 739 1,420 2,519 4,761 9,439
  percent
Plant/year control changes  
Total sample 0.68 1.38 2.43 4.67 2.27
Canadian-owned plants 0.47 0.99 1.87 3.87 1.67
Foreign-owned plants 5.87 6.06 6.23 7.22 6.65