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| Women aged | Men aged | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 and over | Total | 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 and over | Total | |
| percentage | ||||||||
| Own illness | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 3.1 |
| Caring for children | 1.6 | 35.5 | 5.8 | 14.6 | F | 4.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Other personal/family responsibilities | 0.6 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.3 |
| Going to school | 74.1 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 26.7 | 76.2 | 18.9 | 0.7 | 41.7 |
| Personal preference | 5.9 | 19.8 | 57.3 | 28.1 | 5.6 | 20.9 | 60.4 | 25.4 |
| Other voluntary | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| Other1 | 17.1 | 28.2 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 16.4 | 46.8 | 28.2 | 26.1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Total employed part-time (thousands) | 648.4 | 690.1 | 690.0 | 2,028.5 | 467.7 | 189.7 | 288.7 | 946.1 |
| Percentage employed part-time2 | 51.5 | 19.3 | 23.6 | 26.1 | 36.6 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 10.8 |
| 1. Includes business conditions and unable to find full-time work. | ||||||||
| 2. Expressed as a percentage of total employed. | ||||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. | ||||||||