Table 12.1
Selected characteristics of paid employees aged 45 to 54, Canada, selected years

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Table 12.1a
Selected characteristics of paid employees aged 45 to 54, Canada, selected years
Attributes of employment 1981 2004 Percentage point change
Percentage with job tenure of 10 years or more
Men 56 55 - 1
Women 30 48 + 18
Percentage employed in the public sector1
Men 23 20 - 3
Women 37 45 + 8
Percentage who belong to a labour union
Men 48 42 - 6
Women 33 40 + 7
Education
Percentage who have a university degree
Men 12 22 + 10
Women 8 21 + 13
1. Public sector broadly defined to include health and social services, education and related services, government and religious organizations.
Sources: 1981 Survey of Work History, 2004 Labour Force Survey, 1981 and 2001 Census, and 1991 and 2001 tax file data.


Table 12.1b
Occupation of paid employees aged 45 to 54, Canada, selected years
Attributes of employment 1981 1998 Percentage point change
Percentage employed in managerial jobs
Men 14 20 + 6
Women 7 16 + 9
Percentage employed in professional jobs
Men 11 17 + 6
Women 20 27 + 7
Sources: 1981 Survey of Work History, 2004 Labour Force Survey, 1981 and 2001 Census, and 1991 and 2001 tax file data.


Table 12.1c
Earnings of paid employees aged 45 to 54, Canada, selected years
Attributes of employment 1980 2000 Percentage point change
Percentage with annual earnings of $40,000 or more
Men 62 60 - 2
Women 21 35 + 14
Sources: 1981 Survey of Work History, 2004 Labour Force Survey, 1981 and 2001 Census, and 1991 and 2001 tax file data.


Table 12.1d
Taxfilers aged 45 to 54, Canada, selected years
Attributes of employment 1991 2001 Percentage point change
Percentage with a positive pension adjustment
Men 52 46 - 6
Women 42 46 + 4
Sources: 1981 Survey of Work History, 2004 Labour Force Survey, 1981 and 2001 Census, and 1991 and 2001 tax file data.

Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, catalogue number 75-511-XWE.