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Table 6
Percentage of the population employed, by age group and sex, 2001
| Jamaican community | Total Canadian population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| percentage | ||||||
| Age group | ||||||
15 to 24 |
47.2 | 51.6 | 49.4 | 56.1 | 55.6 | 55.9 |
25 to 44 |
85.5 | 78.9 | 81.8 | 85.6 | 75.2 | 80.3 |
45 to 64 |
81.2 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 74.8 | 60.8 | 67.7 |
65 and over |
15.2 | 7.4 | 10.4 | 13.0 | 4.8 | 8.4 |
| Total | 69.8 | 65.9 | 67.6 | 67.2 | 56.1 | 61.5 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada. | ||||||
