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Table 5
Job characteristics of tradesworkers
Usually worked 50 or more hours per week | Multiple job holder | Unionized1 | Permanent1 | |||||||
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1987 | 1997 | 2007 | 1987 | 1997 | 2007 | 1997 | 2007 | 1997 | 2007 | |
% | ||||||||||
Total | 14.1*(*) | 13.7(*) | 11.7 | 4.0(*) | 5.1 | 5.2* | 35.0*(*) | 32.7* | 89.8(*) | 88.9 |
Non-trades | 14.6(*) | 13.9(*) | 11.8 | 4.1(*) | 5.3 | 5.4 | 34.0(*) | 31.8 | 89.8(*) | 88.8 |
Trades | 8.7*(*) | 10.6* | 10.3* | 3.0*(*) | 3.1*(*) | 2.5* | 47.0*(*) | 43.8* | 90.0 | 90.3* |
Plumbers | 7.6*(*) | 11.2* | 12.6 | 2.1E* | 2.0E* | 1.9E* | 59.7* | 54.1* | 83.2* | 84.2* |
Carpenters | 11.7* | 16.2*(*) | 11.9 | 2.7* | 3.2*(*) | 2.2* | 32.6(*) | 39.1* | 75.0*(*) | 83.1* |
Masons | 11.0*(*) | 14.7 | 15.9* | 3.4E | 2.4E* | 1.6E* | 46.0* | 45.7* | 76.3* | 77.0* |
Other construction trades | 12.4(*) | 12.6(*) | 16.2* | 2.7E* | 3.5E* | 2.8* | 32.0 | 32.0 | 77.8* | 78.6* |
Electricians | 5.0*(*) | 6.2* | 6.7* | 3.2* | 2.9* | 2.6* | 70.0*(*) | 63.1* | 91.8* | 90.3* |
Machinists | 6.5*(*) | 7.3*(*) | 9.3* | 2.9* | 2.4* | 2.4* | 47.5*(*) | 41.8* | 92.4* | 91.8* |
Mechanics | 9.6* | 11.5*(*) | 9.1* | 3.2* | 3.6* | 2.8* | 38.5*(*) | 35.5* | 95.3*(*) | 96.5* |
Crane operators | 9.4E* | 10.5* | 13.9 | F | 3.3E | F | 70.8* | 63.5* | 88.1 | 88.1 |
1. Employees only. * significantly different from the non-trades at 0.05 level or less (*) significantly different from 2007 at 0.05 level or less Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
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