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Table 2
Job characteristics of core-age and older workers
25 to 54 |
55 to 64 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Both sexes | Men | Women | Both sexes | Men | Women | |
thousands |
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| Employed | 11,620 |
6,127 |
5,493 |
2,012 |
1,117 |
895 |
percent |
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| Employment rate1 | 82 |
86 |
77 |
56 |
63 |
49 |
| Class of worker | ||||||
| Employee | 85 |
82 |
88 |
76 |
70 |
83 |
| Public sector | 22 |
16 |
28 |
22 |
16 |
30 |
| Private sector | 63 |
66 |
60 |
54 |
54 |
53 |
| Self-employed | 15 |
18 |
12 |
24 |
30 |
17 |
| Unionized (employees) | 35 |
34 |
35 |
39 |
38 |
39 |
| Type of work | ||||||
| Full-time | 88 |
95 |
81 |
81 |
89 |
72 |
| Part-time | 12 |
5 |
19 |
19 |
11 |
28 |
| Part-time by preference | 28 |
26 |
29 |
66 |
64 |
67 |
hours |
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| Average usual hours (all jobs) | 39 | 42.1 | 35.6 | 37.7 | 40.9 | 33.6 |
| 1. Number employed expressed as a percentage of the population. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2006. |
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