Table 3.4
Summary statistics for immigrant and native (Canadian) born workers – females

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  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.