Table 6
Percentage of the population employed, by age group and sex, 2001

	South Asian community			Total Canadian population
	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
	percentage
Age group
15 to 24	49.0	48.0	48.5	56.1	55.6	55.9
25 to 44	84.5	65.9	75.1	85.6	75.2	80.3
45 to 64	78.0	52.6	65.8	74.8	60.8	67.7
65 and over	16.9	5.2	10.9	13.0	4.8	8.4
Total	70.3	53.7	62.0	67.2	56.1	61.5
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.