Table 4.6
Employees' participation in stock purchase plans in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005

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  1999 2001 2003 2005
percent
All workers 9.7 8.3 7.4 7.1
Gender
Men 10.3 8.9 8.1 7.9
Women 8.9 7.5 6.8 6.2
Age
Less than 25 3.3 E 2.7 E F F
25 to 44 10.4 9.1 8.2 7.3
45 or more 10.7 9.3 8.3 8.6
Education attainment
Less than high school 3.4 2.7 2.8 2.1
High school 7.5 5.9 5.5 5.4
Some university or post-secondary 9.8 8.3 7.3 6.8
University 17.2 17.1 14.0 13.5
Occupation groups 1
Managers 14.7 13.0 10.4 12.3
Professionals 19.6 16.8 14.8 15.5
Technical/Trades 8.5 7.2 6.3 5.6
Marketing/Sales 3.6 E 3.2 E 3.5 1.0 E
Clerical/Administrative 8.0 8.1 8.2 7.4
Production workers 5.2 2.5 2.5 E 2.2 E
Employment type
Part-time 2.1 1.6 E 1.9 1.3
Full-time 10.8 9.4 8.4 8.1
Union status
Unionized 9.6 6.5 6.7 7.8
Non-unionized 9.7 8.7 7.6 7.0
Industry 2
Forestry, mining, oil and gas extraction 25.3 15.1 E 12.5 17.5
Labour intensive tertiary manufacturing 6.8 7.3 6.5 5.2
Primary product manufacturing 12.0 7.0 9.2 8.7
Secondary product manufacturing 6.7 6.7 E 7.8 E 5.9
Capital intensive tertiary manufacturing 15.4 10.9 7.8 6.8
Construction 3.6 E F F 3.3 E
Transportation, warehousing and wholesale trade 7.8 11.3 6.0 6.4
Communication and other utilities 14.4 12.6 10.3 12.9
Retail trade and consumer services 6.3 4.6 4.0 3.5
Finance and insurance 17.8 25.2 27.4 21.3
Real estate, rental and leasing operators 3.2 E 2.2 E F F
Business services 13.4 7.1 9.4 10.8
Education and health services, non-profit groups F F F F
Information and cultural industries 20.1 20.4 17.3 16.9
Workplace size
1 to 19 employees 4.5 3.0 2.0 2.1
20 to 99 employees 8.7 7.3 6.6 5.0
100 to 499 employees 14.1 12.9 11.0 11.7
500 or more employees 21.2 19.9 18.6 18.8
E use with caution (coefficient of variation (CV) ranging from 25.0% to 33.0%)
F too unreliable to be published because of CV>33.0%
1. The basis for this grouping is the Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) 1991 – Canada.
2. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), 2002.
Source: Statistics Canada, Workplace and Employee Survey, Employee component