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