Table 1
Transition rates

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Transition rates


Table summary
This table displays the results of transition rates average annual rate of transition between adjacent years, change between 1990s and 2000s and 1990s, calculated using 1990s, 2000s, rate, standard error and t-statistic units of measure (appearing as column headers).

  Average annual rate of transition between adjacent years Change between 1990s and 2000s
1990s 2000s
  rate standard error rate standard error rate t-statistic
Transition from non-employment to  
Non-employment 0.610 0.027 0.552 0.032 -0.058 1.390
Paid employment 0.331 0.027 0.361 0.030 0.030 0.740
Own-account self-employment 0.048 0.011 0.072 0.017 0.024 1.180
Employer 0.010 0.004 0.015 0.006 0.004 0.590
Transition from paid-employment to  
Non-employment 0.024 0.002 0.024 0.002 0.000 0.000
Paid employment 0.948 0.003 0.957 0.003 0.009 2.120
Own-account self-employment 0.019 0.002 0.015 0.002 -0.004 0.004
Employer 0.009 0.001 0.005 0.001 -0.005 2.580
Transition from own-account self-employment to  
Non-employment 0.023 0.008 0.017 0.005 -0.006 0.610
Paid employment 0.157 0.015 0.074 0.010 -0.084 4.670
Own-account self-employment 0.769 0.018 0.898 0.012 0.129 6.140
Employer 0.051 0.051 0.012 0.004 -0.039 4.170
Transition from employer to  
Non-employment 0.005 0.002 0.013 0.004 0.009 1.860
Paid employment 0.101 0.012 0.044 0.008 -0.057 4.010
Own-account self-employment 0.047 0.009 0.018 0.006 -0.029 2.700
Employer 0.847 0.014 0.924 0.011 0.077 4.350
Source(s):
Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics.
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