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| Women | Men | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| thousands | percentage | thousands | percentage | |
| Own illness/disability | 14.2 | 2.8 | 13.2 | 2.2 |
| Personal/family reasons | 15.3 | 3.1 | 6.2 | 1.0 |
| Going to school | 27.3 | 5.4 | 30.4 | 5.0 |
| Lost job/laid off | 192.8 | 38.6 | 308.1 | 50.6 |
| Retired | 2.5 | 0.4 | 4.6 | 0.8 |
| Other reasons | 64.1 | 12.8 | 77.8 | 12.8 |
| Had not worked in last year | 125.5 | 25.1 | 119.7 | 19.7 |
| Never worked | 58.5 | 11.7 | 48.4 | 8.0 |
| Total | 500.1 | 100.0 | 608.3 | 100.0 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. | ||||