Labour Market Participation of Immigrant and Canadian-born Wives, 2006 to 2014
Table 1 Labour market participation rates of wives in immigrant and Canadian-born couples, 2006 to 2014

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Table 1
Labour market participation rates of wives in immigrant and Canadian-born couples, 2006 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Labour market participation rates of wives in immigrant and Canadian-born couples 2006 to 2009, 2010 to 2014, Immigrant couples and Canadian-born couples, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2006 to 2009 2010 to 2014
Immigrant couples Canadian-born couples Immigrant couples Canadian-born couples
percent
Overall 75.1 86.4 76.2 87.8
Age of wives  
25 to 34 65.1 86.3 65.6 87.2
35 to 44 77.9 87.1 77.9 88.6
45 to 54 81.7 85.6 84.3 87.6
Arrival of wives in Canada  
5 years ago or less 62.9 Note ...: not applicable 66.2 Note ...: not applicable
6 to 10 years ago 73.6 Note ...: not applicable 74.8 Note ...: not applicable
More than 10 years ago 82.8 Note ...: not applicable 82.2 Note ...: not applicable
Education level of wives  
Less than high school 62.1 70.6 59.6 72.8
High school 70.9 82.4 69.1 81.8
Trades certificate or diploma 77.8 86.2 80.2 87.5
Postsecondary education below bachelor's degree 80.3 88.4 80.0 89.2
Bachelor's degree or more 76.3 90.9 78.2 92.3
Education level of husbands  
Less than high school 70.1 80.9 68.3 84.0
High school 75.3 87.0 73.0 87.5
Trades certificate or diploma 75.8 85.1 81.9 86.1
Postsecondary education below bachelor's degree 78.4 88.4 79.3 89.2
Bachelor's degree or more 74.3 86.7 76.0 88.9
Family size  
2 persons 79.3 90.7 84.3 92.2
3 or 4 persons 76.2 86.8 76.3 88.1
5 or more persons 70.5 76.9 71.0 79.0
Area of residence  
Non-census metropolitan area 68.9 84.2 73.6 85.7
Montréal 71.8 88.4 72.0 91.0
Toronto 76.3 87.7 76.9 88.2
Vancouver 73.6 84.8 76.7 87.7
Other census metropolitan areas 75.9 87.3 77.1 88.3
... not applicable
Notes: The sample consists of Canadian-born and landed immigrant women aged 25 to 54, married (or living in common-law relationships), with husbands aged 25 to 54 who are employed as paid workers. Immigrant couples are couples where both husband and wife were born outside Canada. Canadian-born couples are couples where both husband and wife were born in Canada.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (March and September).
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