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