Table 3.3
Summary statistics for immigrant and native (Canadian) born workers – males

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  Immigrant Canadian born
Canadian education No Canadian education All
Annual earnings1
Mean dollars 49,408 39,146 44,060 44,484
Median dollars 40,000 31,200 35,100 41,000
Weekly earnings
Mean dollars 972 780 872 895
Median dollars 788 626 702 808
Hours worked1 hours 41 42 42 42
Weeks worked1 weeks 49 50 50 49
Age years 38 44 41 38
Experience years 17 24 21 18
Canadian years 14 13 13 …
Foreign years 4 12 8 …
Years of schooling years 15 14 14 13
Percentage with less than high school   11 14 12 18
Percentage with high school   32 25 29 35
Foreign percent … 25 13 …
Canadian percent 32 … 15 …
Percentage with non-university post-secondary   27 23 24 29
Foreign percent … 23 12 …
Canadian percent 27 … 13 …
Percentage with university   31 38 35 18
Foreign percent … 38 20 …
Canadian percent 31 … 15 …
Years since migration years 23 13 18 …
Age at immigration years 15 31 23 …
Percentage with first language not English or French   64 79 72 5
Percentage with United States or United Kingdom origin   15 9 12 …
Percentage with European origin   22 18 20 …
Percentage with Asian origin   27 40 34 …
Percentage did not complete main skill tasks   11 25 18 11
Prose literacy score score 273 241 256 289
Document literacy score score 282 249 265 293
Numeracy score score 280 250 264 289
Problem solving score score 267 236 251 285
Number of observations   417 500 917 3,634
1. Annual earnings and weeks worked (annual) are based on slightly smaller samples due to missing information. Hours worked (weekly) are based on a smaller sample in case of the Canadian born only.
Note : Sample: Males, age 16 and older, excluding students and observations with missing information on age at immigration or highest level of schooling and with weekly earnings greater than $50 and less than or equal to $20,000.