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Table 4 Odds ratios associated with employer-supported training among all workers by sex

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	Odds ratio
	Women	Men
Independent variables
Low-wage (ref. higher-wage)	0.64^*	0.65^*
Education (ref. some postsecondary)
Less than high school	0.42^*	0.73^*
Completed high school	0.79	0.90
University degree	1.08	1.22
Non-union (ref. unionized)	1.15	1.17
Control variables
Non-permanent (ref. permanent)	0.57^*	0.79
Part-time	0.99	0.71^*
Occupation (ref. professional)
Manager	0.59^*	1.42
White collar	0.38^*	0.91
Blue collar	0.56^*	1.06
Other marital status (ref. married)	0.90	0.71^*
Dependent children	1.04	0.95
Workplace tenure	0.97	0.97
Workplace tenure squared	1.00	1.00
Worker age	0.92^*	0.94^*
Worker age squared	1.00^*	1.00
Workplace size	1.53^*	1.56^*
Industry (ref. manufacturing and related)
Primary	1.65	1.34^*
Retail trade	0.99	1.06
Finance and insurance	3.42^*	2.92^*
Education and health	1.82^*	1.07
Other services	1.21	1.11
Profitable workplace	0.92	0.80^*
* statistically significant for the reference group (ref.) at the 0.10 level or better. Source: Statistics Canada, Workplace and Employee Survey, 2005.