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Table 9
Reasons for part-time work, by age, 2006

	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.