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Table 2.4
Participation rates of university-educated Canadian born and very recent immigrants, by region of highest university education and sex, Canadian population aged 25 to 54, 2007

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	Sex	thousands	percent
	Sex	Population	Participation rate
Canadian born	Male	1,091.7	95.4
Canadian born	Female	1,292.9	90.8
Very recent immigrants, by region of university education
Immigrant educated in any region	Male	164.2	87.1
Immigrant educated in any region	Female	155.0	62.7¹
Immigrant educated in Asia	Male	81.4	87.6¹
Immigrant educated in Asia	Female	86.3	59.6¹
Immigrant educated in Europe	Male	31.6	92.4
Immigrant educated in Europe	Female	29.8	70.5¹
Immigrant educated in Canada	Male	16.5	82.4¹
Immigrant educated in Canada	Female	11.0	76.4¹
Immigrant educated in Africa	Male	13.1	80.2¹
Immigrant educated in Africa	Female	9.7^E	38.1^{E, 1}
Immigrant educated in Latin America	Male	11.5	77.4¹
Immigrant educated in Latin America	Female	10.1	64.4¹
Immigrant educated in the United States	Male	9.5	93.7
Immigrant educated in the United States	Female	6.8	76.5¹
E use with caution: coefficient of variation (CV) between 16.5% and 33.3%. 1. Significantly different from the respective Canadian-born value (p<0.05). Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.