Table B.1
Descriptive statistics, Canada, 2006
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| Overall | College-educated | University-educated | |
|---|---|---|---|
| percent | |||
| Highest level of educational attainment | |||
| Less than high school | 10.9 | ... | .... |
| High school or trades certification | 37.1 | ... | ... |
| College | 25.0 | ... | ... |
| University | 23.8 | ... | ... |
| Other | 3.2 | ... | ... |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 53.3 | 48.1 | 51.4 |
| Female | 46.7 | 52.0 | 48.6 |
| Age | |||
| 25 to 29 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 15.0 |
| 30 to 34 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 14.6 |
| 35 to 39 | 13.1 | 12.6 | 15.6 |
| 40 to 44 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 14.9 |
| 45 to 49 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 13.0 |
| 50 to 54 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 12.1 |
| 55 to 59 | 9.8 | 8.4 | 8.9 |
| 60 to 64 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
| Family situation | |||
| Unattached individual in one person household | 11.9 | 11.5 | 13.7 |
| Unattached individual in multi-person household | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Married or common-law couple/no children | 22.4 | 21.0 | 20.8 |
| Married or common-law couple with children (all children under age 25) | 40.2 | 43.2 | 42.2 |
| Lone parent | 5.2 | 6.0 | 3.7 |
| Other | 16.3 | 14.3 | 15.0 |
| Year of immigration | |||
| Less than 10 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 9.0 |
| 10 to 29 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 10.3 |
| 30 and over | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Not an immigrant | 80.6 | 83.0 | 75.3 |
| Province of residence | |||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
| Prince Edward Island | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| Nova Scotia | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| New Brunswick | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Quebec | 23.5 | 20.2 | 22.1 |
| Ontario | 38.6 | 42.4 | 43.6 |
| Manitoba | 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Saskatchewan | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Alberta | 11.2 | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| British Columbia | 13.4 | 13.0 | 13.3 |
| Rural / urban | |||
| Urban | 80.9 | 79.9 | 87.8 |
| Rural | 19.1 | 20.1 | 12.3 |
| Main activity for the year | |||
| Working at a job or business or self-employed | 84.7 | 86.4 | 85.6 |
| Keeping house/caring for children | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
| Retired | 2.8 | 2.0 | 3.1 |
| Student | 2.3 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| Other | 5.5 | 5.2 | 3.2 |
| Work schedule | |||
| Full-year full-time worker | 69.3 | 69.7 | 73.2 |
| Full-year part-time worker | 8.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 |
| Mixed | 18.2 | 18.1 | 14.6 |
| Did not work | 4.3 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
| Wanted to work full-time? | |||
| Yes | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.9 |
| No | 8.4 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
| Not applicable | 87.9 | 86.7 | 87.7 |
| Occupation | |||
| Management occupations | 9.4 | 8.6 | 14.2 |
| Business, finance and administrative occupations | 17.9 | 20.3 | 17.4 |
| Natural and applied sciences and related occupations | 7.2 | 9.5 | 12.4 |
| Health occupations | 6.0 | 10.1 | 8.4 |
| Occupations in social science, education, government service and religion | 8.7 | 7.2 | 23.4 |
| Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport | 3.0 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
| Sales and service occupations | 19.2 | 19.3 | 9.8 |
| Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations | 14.8 | 11.6 | 2.6 |
| Occupations unique to primary industry | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| Occupations unique to processing, manufacturing and utilities | 6.3 | 4.3 | 1.9 |
| None | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
| Industry | |||
| Agriculture | 1.9 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| Forestry, fishing, mining, oil and gas | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| Utilities | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Construction | 6.8 | 5.2 | 2.0 |
| Manufacturing | 13.6 | 12.2 | 7.9 |
| Trade | 13.3 | 11.9 | 7.9 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 5.2 | 4.2 | 2.3 |
| Finance, insurance, real estate and leasing | 5.9 | 6.1 | 7.9 |
| Professional, scientific and technical services | 7.3 | 8.1 | 14.2 |
| Business, building and other support services | 4.3 | 4.9 | 2.4 |
| Educational services | 7.6 | 5.0 | 19.9 |
| Health care and social assistance | 11.9 | 19.1 | 13.2 |
| Information, culture and recreation | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.7 |
| Accommodation and food services | 4.3 | 2.9 | 2.0 |
| Other services | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
| Public administration | 5.9 | 6.4 | 8.9 |
| Field of study | |||
| Business, management or public administration | ... | 23.5 | 16.2 |
| Personal and leisure | ... | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Education | ... | 3.2 | 10.8 |
| Arts communications and technology | ... | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Humanities | ... | 2.0 | 7.5 |
| Social science | ... | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Science | ... | 1.5 | 7.1 |
| Math | ... | 1.5 | 2.2 |
| Architecture and engineering | ... | 17.6 | 10.8 |
| Agriculture | ... | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| Health | ... | 5.3 | 3.2 |
| Leisure | ... | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| Other | ... | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Don't know | ... | 25.5 | 29.4 |
| Location of study | |||
| Atlantic | ... | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Quebec | ... | 20.5 | 19.6 |
| Ontario | ... | 38.5 | 31.8 |
| Prairies | ... | 16.5 | 11.9 |
| British Columbia | ... | 10.4 | 8.3 |
| Outside Canada | ... | 7.0 | 21.8 |
| Relationship to major income earner | |||
| Major income earner | 61.1 | 59.3 | 65.5 |
| Spouse | 31.5 | 34.2 | 28.2 |
| Child | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Other | 3.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| Major source of income | |||
| Wages and salaries | 80.1 | 82.8 | 82.0 |
| Self-employment income | 9.9 | 8.5 | 10.6 |
| Government transfers | 5.9 | 5.6 | 2.7 |
| Investment income | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| Private retirement pensions | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2.8 |
| Other income | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
| Family income | |||
| At or below half of the median | 13.7 | 11.7 | 8.0 |
| More than half of the median but below the median | 36.3 | 38.0 | 22.7 |
| More than the median but at or below 1.5 times the median | 27.5 | 29.4 | 28.9 |
| More than 1.5 times the median but at our below 2 times the median | 12.8 | 13.1 | 20.2 |
| More than 2 times the median | 9.7 | 7.8 | 20.2 |
| ... not applicable Note: Based on 27,717 persons aged 25 to 64 with non-negative employment earnings. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2006. |
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