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Table 3
Participation in employer-supported training

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	1993	1997	2002	1993	1997	2002
	Men			Women
	%
Total	23	*20^()**	22	23	22	*25^()**
25 to 34 (ref)	21	18^(*)	24	22	21	26
35 to 44	26^*	21^,^()	24	26^*	24	26
45 to 54	24	23^*	22	24	24	27
55 to 64	15^*	13^*	14^*	11^*	13^*	18^,^()
Less than high school (ref)	10	8	7^(*)	7	7	6
High school graduate	19^*	17^*	18^*	21^*	18^*	17^*
Postsecondary diploma or certificate	27^*	22^,^()	25^*	25^*	24^*	28^,^()
University degree	34^*	29^,^()	29^,^()	33^*	33^*	40^,^()
No children (ref)	20	16^(*)	21	20	21	27^(*)
1 child	22	21^*	20	25^*	24	24
2 children	27^*	24^*	26^*	27^*	23^(*)	25
3 or more	23	24^*	20	20	22	21^*
No spouse (ref)	19	14^(*)	20	23	22	26^(*)
Spouse	24^*	22^*	23	23	22	25
Full-time job (ref)	23	21^(*)	23	26	24	29^(*)
Part-time job	6^*E	9^*E	9^*E	13^*	15^*	15^*
Unionized (ref)	27	24^(*)	30	30	28	38^(*)
Non-union	22^*	21	25^,^()	19^*	22^*	24^,^()
Professional and managerial (ref)	34	29^(*)	29^(*)	34	32	35
Clerical, sales and service	19^*	16^*	20^*	16^*	16^*	17^*
Blue collar	16^*	14^*	15^*	8^*	7^*E	10^*
One year or less in job (ref)	12	10	16^(*)	10	12	14^(*)
1 to 6 years in job	21^*	19^*	23^*	21^*	21^*	26^,^()
6 to 20 years in job	26^*	23^,^()	23^,^()	29^*	26^*	27^*
20 and over	27^*	23^*	22^*	24^*	27^*	34^,^()
Firm size (employees)
Less than 20 (ref)	10	10	14^(*)	12	12	17^(*)
20 to 99	19^*	15^*	22^*	18^*	22^*	22^*
100 to 500	23^*	27^*	26^*	29^*	28^*	31^*
Over 500	39^*	27^,^()	32^,^()	33^*	29^,^()	34^*
Private sector (ref)	19	17^(*)	18	16	17	17
Public sector	34^*	32^*	37^*	32^*	31^*	37^,^()
Newfoundland and Labrador	20	16^*	22	18	17^*	24
Prince Edward Island	21	17	22	36^*	24^(*)	27
Nova Scotia	25	26	24	22	27	34^,^()
New Brunswick	23	18^*	27^*	16^*	19^*	28^(*)
Quebec	19^*	13^,^()	22	16^*	14^*	25^(*)
Ontario (ref)	24	22	21	24	24	24
Manitoba	24	21	24	25	22	28
Saskatchewan	25	25	24	24	26	29^*
Alberta	24	21	23	27	26	25
British Columbia	25	21	22	27	24	28
* significantly different from the reference category (ref) [p < 0.05] () significantly different from the 1993 figures (p < 0.05) Source:* Statistics Canada, Adult Education and Training Survey.

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Table 3 Participation in employer-supported training

Table 3
Participation in employer-supported training