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Table 2.3
Proportion of students and student labour market participation rate, by region of university education, very recent immigrants with university degrees, population aged 25 to 54, 2007

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  Population Proportion of students Student labour force participation rate Full-time student status Attending university Attending college or CEGEP1 Attending "other" education
thousands percent
Canadian born 2,384.6 6.7 73.3 50.8 77.4 13.2 9.0
Very recent immigrants 319.0 19.0 45.1 60.7 47.2 25.9 23.8
Asia 167.7 16.9 42.6 66.4 39.8 34.0 23.4
Europe 61.4 17.1 43.8 53.1 39.4 17.4 36.4
Canada 27.5 30.3 52.1 67.3 81.8 F F
Africa 22.8 19.6 36.8 62.6 56.2 F F
Latin America 21.6 33.4 44.8 53.6 38.6 F F
United States 16.2 11.0 83.3 F F F F
1. General and vocational college.
F too unreliable to be published because of CV›33.3% and/or very small estimates.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.