| Table 2 Western Canada education levels, 2005 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment |
Unemployment |
Employment gap1 |
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rate |
rate |
2005 | 2001 | ||
Both sexes |
% |
% point |
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| Aboriginal | |||||
| Less than high school | 36.3 | 21.2 | -5.1 | -7.0 | |
| High school diploma | 70.2 | 9.3 | 1.8 | -2.5 | |
| Some postsecondary | 57.5 | 13.6 | -8.5 | -10.7 | |
| Postsecondary certificate or diploma | 76.0 | 8.2 | 2.4 | -2.4 | |
| University degree | 84.1 | 3.9 | 7.6 | -2.2 | |
| Non-Aboriginal | 41.4 | 8.6 | |||
| Less than high school | 68.4 | 4.8 | |||
| High school diploma | 66.0 | 5.2 | |||
| Some postsecondary | |||||
| Postsecondary certificate or diploma | 73.6 | 3.5 | |||
| University degree | 76.5 | 3.5 | |||
| Men | |||||
| Aboriginal | 43.2 | 20.4 | -6.9 | -14.8 | |
| Less than high school | 75.4 | 9.7 | -0.6 | -9.2 | |
| High school diploma | 63.8 | 10.7 | E | -5.7 | -9.8 |
| Some postsecondary | |||||
| Postsecondary certificate or diploma | 80.7 | 9.5 | 2.0 | -2.5 | |
| University degree | 82.3 | F |
3.8 | 2.1 | |
| Non-Aboriginal | 50.1 | 8.0 | |||
| Less than high school | 76.0 | 5.0 | |||
| High school diploma | 69.5 | 5.5 | |||
| Some postsecondary | |||||
| Postsecondary certificate or diploma | 78.7 | 3.4 | |||
| University degree | 78.5 | 3.5 | |||
| Women | |||||
| Aboriginal | 30.0 | 22.1 | -2.4 | -9.1 | |
| Less than high school | 65.5 | 9.0 | 4.2 | -5.4 | |
| High school diploma | 52.1 | 16.4 | -10.5 | -10.4 | |
| Some postsecondary | |||||
| Postsecondary certificate or diploma | 72.4 | 7.1 | 3.9 | -1.5 | |
| University degree | 85.2 | F |
10.8 | 3.1 | |
| Non-Aboriginal | 32.4 | 9.4 | |||
| Less than high school | 61.3 | 4.6 | |||
| High school diploma | 62.6 | 4.7 | |||
| Some postsecondary | |||||
| Postsecondary certificate or diploma | 68.5 | 3.7 | |||
| University degree | 74.4 | 3.5 | |||
1 Difference between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal employment rates. |
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| Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2001; Labour Force Survey, 2005 | |||||