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Table E.2.3
Distribution of the population aged 15 to 29, by education level, labour force status and age, Canada, 2006/2007

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  Age
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Total 15 to 29
percentage
2006/2007
Non-student not in the labour force 1.8 1.7 2.5 4.9 5.1 6.3 6.0 6.3 7.9 7.5 8.3 7.9 8.6 9.5 9.4 6.3
Non-student unemployed 0.6 0.9 1.6 4.1 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.9 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.4 4.9 4.1 4.1
Non-student employed 1.1 2.1 6.3 22.0 28.6 37.8 41.3 47.2 53.5 62.2 67.2 71.9 72.6 74.5 77.2 44.7
University employed x x 0.9 6.1 10.6 12.4 15.8 14.1 11.1 8.5 7.0 4.8 4.7 3.7 3.0 6.9
University not in the labour force x x 1.2 12.0 15.2 14.7 15.2 12.8 9.7 6.3 4.6 3.9 3.3 2.5 1.4 6.9
College employed x 0.4 4.9 10.2 13.7 10.0 6.9 6.2 4.3 4.3 2.7 2.6 2.0 1.6 2.0 4.8
College not in the labour force 0.6 0.7 3.7 8.1 7.8 7.0 4.6 4.1 3.8 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.3 1.0 3.4
Primary/secondary employed 19.5 33.7 34.3 13.1 3.7 1.2 0.8 0.5 0.3 x x x x x x 7.1
Primary/secondary not in the labour force 70.1 51.9 37.0 12.6 4.7 1.7 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 x x 0.4 x 11.9
Other1 5.9 8.3 7.6 6.8 5.5 4.1 4.1 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 4.0
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
1. Includes unemployed students attending university, college, primary or secondary schools and students attending other kinds of schools.
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.