Description for Chart 1
Percentage of population employed full time in their main job, by sex, 1976 to 2014

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The title of the graph is "Chart 1 Percentage of population employed full time in their main job, by sex, 1976 to 2014."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 39 categories in the horizontal axis. The vertical axis starts at 0 and ends at 90 with ticks every 10 points.
There are 3 series in this graph.
The vertical axis is "percent."
The units of the horizontal axis are years from 1976 to 2014.
The title of series 1 is "Men."
The minimum value is 72.5 occurring in 1993.
The maximum value is 84.4 occurring in 1976.
The title of series 2 is "Women."
The minimum value is 40.2 occurring in 1976 and 1977.
The maximum value is 58.2 occurring in 2007.
The title of series 3 is "Both sexes."
The minimum value is 59.1 occurring in 1983.
The maximum value is 67.6 occurring in 2007.

Data table for Chart 1
  Men Women Both sexes
1976 84.4 40.2 62.1
1977 83.1 40.2 61.5
1978 83.1 41.2 62.0
1979 83.8 42.5 63.0
1980 83.3 43.4 63.3
1981 82.9 44.4 63.6
1982 77.3 42.7 59.9
1983 75.6 42.7 59.1
1984 76.3 43.7 59.9
1985 77.3 44.9 61.1
1986 78.2 46.5 62.3
1987 79.2 47.9 63.6
1988 80.1 49.4 64.7
1989 80.2 50.6 65.4
1990 78.7 51.0 64.9
1991 75.0 49.7 62.4
1992 73.0 49.0 61.0
1993 72.5 48.3 60.4
1994 73.4 48.9 61.1
1995 74.0 49.5 61.7
1996 73.6 49.0 61.3
1997 74.6 49.6 62.1
1998 75.1 51.1 63.1
1999 76.1 52.5 64.3
2000 76.7 53.7 65.2
2001 76.0 54.1 65.1
2002 75.7 54.4 65.1
2003 76.0 55.1 65.6
2004 76.5 56.0 66.3
2005 76.7 56.2 66.5
2006 76.7 57.2 67.0
2007 76.9 58.2 67.6
2008 76.4 58.0 67.2
2009 73.0 56.8 65.0
2010 73.4 56.5 65.0
2011 74.0 57.0 65.5
2012 74.5 57.4 66.0
2013 74.5 57.9 66.2
2014 74.2 57.4 65.8
Note(s):
The population consists of individuals aged 17 to 64 who are not full-time students. Full-time employment is defined as working usually 30 hours or more per week. The main job is the job with the greatest number of weekly work hours.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 1976 to 2014.
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