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Table 1
Employment distribution by usual hours

  Both sexes Men Women
1997 2006 1997 2006 1997 2006
%
All ages
1 to 14 hours 6.6 5.5 4.0 3.6 9.6 7.6
15 to 29 hours 12.5 12.5 6.5 7.2 19.7 18.5
30 to 34 hours 6.4 7.0 4.1 4.4 9.1 9.8
35 to 39 hours 20.2 21.5 14.5 16.0 27.0 27.7
40 hours 36.9 37.9 45.6 46.1 26.5 28.8
41 to 48 hours 6.2 6.4 8.6 8.9 3.3 3.5
49 hours or more 11.3 9.2 16.7 13.8 4.8 4.0
Average hours 36.7 36.5 40.2 39.6 32.5 33.1
15 to 24
1 to 14 hours 21.1 17.5 17.4 14.4 25.2 20.5
15 to 29 hours 24.3 26.6 20.3 22.2 28.8 31.0
30 to 34 hours 7.7 8.0 6.2 6.9 9.2 9.2
35 to 39 hours 10.6 11.7 8.7 9.9 12.6 13.6
40 hours 27.6 28.8 34.3 35.4 20.2 22.1
41 to 48 hours 4.3 4.0 6.1 5.7 2.4 2.2
49 hours or more 4.4 3.5 7.0 5.5 1.6 1.4
Average hours 28.3 28.8 31.0 31.3 25.2 26.3
25 to 54
1 to 14 hours 3.5 2.6 1.3 1.1 6.0 4.2
15 to 29 hours 10.0 9.0 3.5 3.5 17.6 15.2
30 to 34 hours 6.0 6.5 3.4 3.5 9.1 9.9
35 to 39 hours 22.6 23.9 16.0 17.5 30.4 31.1
40 hours 39.2 41.1 48.6 49.9 28.2 31.4
41 to 48 hours 6.6 7.0 9.3 9.7 3.5 3.9
49 hours or more 12.1 9.8 17.9 14.8 5.2 4.3
Average hours 38.3 38.3 42.0 41.4 34.0 34.9
55 and over
1 to 14 hours 8.5 7.2 5.1 4.9 14.0 10.3
15 to 29 hours 14.0 14.7 9.2 9.8 21.9 21.2
30 to 34 hours 7.3 7.9 6.1 6.2 9.3 10.2
35 to 39 hours 15.6 20.0 11.9 14.8 21.8 26.9
40 hours 33.5 32.0 40.1 38.7 22.8 23.0
41 to 48 hours 5.5 6.0 7.1 8.3 3.0 3.0
49 hours or more 15.5 12.2 20.5 17.3 7.2 5.4
Average hours 36.8 36.3 40.2 39.3 31.4 32.3
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.