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Table 3.4
Summary statistics for immigrant and native (Canadian) born workers – females
| Immigrant | Canadian born | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian education | No Canadian education | All | |||
| Annual earnings1 | |||||
| Mean | dollars | 33,091 | 27,545 | 30,401 | 31,182 |
| Median | dollars | 29,900 | 25,000 | 27,040 | 27,196 |
| Weekly earnings (dollars) | |||||
| Mean | dollars | 747 | 546 | 649 | 641 |
| Median | dollars | 577 | 485 | 525 | 540 |
| Hours worked1 | hours | 37 | 36 | 37 | 35 |
| Weeks worked1 | weeks | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 |
| Age | years | 40 | 43 | 41 | 38 |
| Experience | years | 20 | 24 | 22 | 19 |
| Canadian | years | 16 | 14 | 15 | … |
| Foreign | years | 4 | 9 | 6 | … |
| Years of schooling | years | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Percentage with less than high school | 12 | 16 | 14 | 12 | |
| Percentage with high school | 33 | 26 | 30 | 37 | |
| Foreign | percent | … | 26 | 13 | … |
| Canadian | percent | 33 | … | 17 | … |
| Percentage with non-university post-secondary | 29 | 24 | 27 | 29 | |
| Foreign | percent | … | 24 | 12 | … |
| Canadian | percent | 29 | … | 15 | … |
| Percentage with university | 27 | 34 | 30 | 22 | |
| Foreign | percent | … | 34 | 16 | … |
| Canadian | percent | 27 | … | 14 | … |
| Years since migration | years | 25 | 15 | 20 | … |
| Age at immigration | years | 14 | 28 | 21 | … |
| Percentage with first language not English or French | 63 | 77 | 70 | 6 | |
| Percentage with United States or United Kingdom origin | 16 | 12 | 14 | … | |
| Percentage with European origin | 18 | 21 | 20 | … | |
| Percentage with Asian origin | 27 | 41 | 34 | … | |
| Percentage did not complete main skill tasks | 11 | 23 | 17 | 9 | |
| Prose literacy score | score | 274 | 246 | 260 | 300 |
| Document literacy score | score | 273 | 247 | 260 | 294 |
| Numeracy score | score | 260 | 239 | 250 | 278 |
| Problem solving score | score | 262 | 237 | 250 | 289 |
| Number of observations | 437 | 433 | 870 | 4,133 | |
| 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 is females, 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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