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Table E.2.1
Proportion of students who were also working, by education level and age, Canada, 1996/1997 and 2006/2007

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  Age
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
percentage
1996/1997
Primary/Secondary 18 25 36 44 33 23 39 21 x x x x x x x
College x x 31 37 45 48 47 49 50 52 55 48 59 50 47
University x x 31 31 36 38 46 47 46 47 45 53 54 54 67
Total 18 25 35 40 39 40 45 46 47 48 47 50 53 50 53
2006/2007
Primary/Secondary 21 36 45 47 40 40 44 41 24 x x x x x x
College x 33 54 52 61 56 57 59 51 61 53 56 52 55 64
University x x 39 32 40 45 49 51 52 56 59 55 58 59 65
Total 20 36 46 44 48 48 51 53 50 57 56 55 55 56 64
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note: The participation rate is based on a monthly average from September to April.
Data source: Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada.
Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated June 16, 2008.