Table 4
Percentage of women and men employed by age, 1976 to 2009
Year | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | |||||
percentage | ||||||||
1976 | 51.4 | 59.9 | 50.0 | 90.9 | 45.6 | 88.9 | 30.3 | 72.9 |
1981 | 57.2 | 63.5 | 60.3 | 90.1 | 51.8 | 88.4 | 31.1 | 70.4 |
1986 | 58.1 | 60.6 | 66.4 | 86.3 | 55.9 | 85.7 | 30.3 | 62.3 |
1991 | 57.6 | 57.1 | 70.5 | 83.6 | 64.3 | 84.1 | 32.4 | 56.9 |
1996 | 52.0 | 53.3 | 70.9 | 83.0 | 66.3 | 82.4 | 33.5 | 53.7 |
2001 | 56.2 | 56.5 | 75.3 | 85.9 | 72.3 | 84.0 | 39.4 | 57.3 |
2002 | 57.6 | 57.4 | 75.9 | 85.7 | 74.2 | 84.3 | 41.4 | 59.0 |
2003 | 58.6 | 57.9 | 76.2 | 86.1 | 75.4 | 84.5 | 45.3 | 60.9 |
2004 | 58.4 | 57.7 | 77.0 | 86.3 | 76.0 | 85.3 | 46.0 | 62.0 |
2005 | 58.9 | 56.7 | 77.0 | 86.7 | 75.6 | 85.0 | 46.8 | 63.1 |
2006 | 59.5 | 57.9 | 77.2 | 86.8 | 76.8 | 85.1 | 48.7 | 62.8 |
2007 | 59.8 | 59.1 | 78.4 | 86.9 | 77.9 | 85.1 | 50.7 | 63.6 |
2008 | 60.3 | 58.9 | 78.0 | 87.2 | 78.2 | 85.3 | 51.9 | 63.3 |
2009 | 57.1 | 53.6 | 77.1 | 83.8 | 77.3 | 82.9 | 53.1 | 62.3 |
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
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