Table 2
Absence rates for full-time employees by sex, age, education and presence of children, 2011Note 1

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Table 2
Absence rates for full-time employees by sex, age, education and presence of children, 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of absence rates for full-time employees by sex. This information is grouped by incidence, inactivity rate, days lost per worker in year, total, illness or disability and personal or family responsibilities (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and days as units of measure.
  IncidenceNote 2 Inactivity rateNote 3 Days lost per worker in yearNote 4
Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities Total Illness or disability Personal or family responsibilities
% % days
Age
Both sexes 8.1 5.9 2.2 3.7 3.1 0.7 9.3 7.7 1.6
15 to 19 6.9 5.3 1.6 2.6 2.0 0.6 6.5 5.1 1.4
20 to 24 6.4 4.7 1.7 2.4 1.8 0.5 5.9 4.6 1.3
25 to 34 8.0 5.5 2.5 3.1 2.4 0.7 7.8 6.1 1.8
35 to 44 8.3 5.6 2.6 3.5 2.8 0.7 8.8 7.0 1.8
45 to 54 8.1 6.1 2.0 4.1 3.5 0.6 10.3 8.8 1.5
55 to 64 9.4 7.3 2.1 5.3 4.6 0.7 13.2 11.5 1.7
65 and over 6.9 5.2 1.8 4.1 3.4 0.7 10.2 8.5 1.6
Men 6.9 4.9 1.9 3.1 2.5 0.5 7.7 6.4 1.4
15 to 19 6.9 5.5 1.4 2.6 2.1 0.5 6.5 5.3 1.2
20 to 24 6.0 4.3 1.6 2.2 1.7 0.5 5.5 4.3 1.2
25 to 34 6.6 4.6 2.0 2.5 2.0 0.6 6.3 5.0 1.4
35 to 44 6.9 4.7 2.2 2.9 2.3 0.6 7.1 5.7 1.5
45 to 54 6.9 5.1 1.8 3.4 2.9 0.5 8.4 7.2 1.2
55 to 64 8.0 6.0 2.0 4.5 3.9 0.6 11.2 9.7 1.5
65 and over 6.9 5.1 1.8 4.2 3.5 0.7 10.5 8.8 1.8
Women 9.7 7.0 2.6 4.6 3.8 0.8 11.4 9.4 2.0
15 to 19 6.8 4.9 1.9 2.6 1.9 0.7 6.5 4.7 1.7
20 to 24 7.0 5.1 1.9 2.6 2.0 0.6 6.5 5.1 1.5
25 to 34 9.9 6.8 3.1 4.0 3.1 0.9 10.0 7.6 2.3
35 to 44 9.9 6.8 3.1 4.4 3.5 0.9 11.0 8.7 2.3
45 to 54 9.5 7.3 2.2 5.0 4.3 0.7 12.6 10.9 1.7
55 to 64 11.2 8.8 2.4 6.3 5.5 0.8 15.8 13.8 2.0
65 and over 7.0 5.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published 3.8 3.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published 9.6 8.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published
Educational attainment
Both sexes 8.1 5.9 2.2 3.7 3.1 0.7 9.3 7.7 1.6
Less than grade 9 8.2 6.3 1.8 4.4 3.9 0.5 11.1 9.8 1.3
Some high school 9.1 6.9 2.2 4.8 4.1 0.7 12.0 10.2 1.8
High school graduation 8.0 6.0 2.0 3.9 3.3 0.6 9.7 8.2 1.5
Some postsecondary 8.2 6.2 2.0 3.8 3.2 0.6 9.4 8.0 1.4
Postsecondary certificate or diploma 8.4 6.1 2.3 4.0 3.3 0.7 9.9 8.2 1.7
University degree 7.6 5.1 2.4 2.9 2.3 0.7 7.4 5.7 1.7
Presence of children
Both sexes 8.1 5.9 2.2 3.7 3.1 0.7 9.3 7.7 1.6
With children 8.6 5.7 2.9 3.8 3.0 0.8 9.4 7.4 2.1
Preschoolers – under 5 years 9.5 5.5 4.0 3.8 2.5 1.2 9.4 6.4 3.0
5 to 12 years 8.6 5.7 2.9 3.7 2.9 0.7 9.1 7.3 1.8
13 years and over 7.9 5.9 2.0 3.9 3.3 0.6 9.7 8.2 1.5
Without children 7.8 6.0 1.8 3.7 3.1 0.5 9.2 7.9 1.4
1. Excluding maternity leave. However, men on paid paternity (in Quebec only) or parental leave are included in the calculation until 2006.
2. Absent workers divided by total.
3. Hours absent divided by hours usually worked.
4. Inactivity rate multiplied by working days in year (250).
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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