Table 9
Changes in correlates of self-employment

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Changes in correlates of self-employment


Table summary
This table displays the results of changes in correlates of self-employment immigrant parents and 1.5 generation, immigrant parents and second generation, canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations and parents, calculated using parents, children and mean units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Immigrant parents and 1.5 generation Immigrant parents and second generation Canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations
Parents Children Parents Children Parents Children
  mean
Men  
Group-specific unemployment rate 0.070 0.065 0.043 0.051 0.042 0.060
Group population share 0.689 0.474 0.190 0.142 0.222 0.144
Number of children 2.035 1.089 2.094 1.216 2.383 1.278
Home-owner 0.780 0.725 0.760 0.812 0.715 0.757
No diploma/certificate 0.352 0.126 0.307 0.064 0.300 0.100
Non university diploma 0.322 0.433 0.382 0.399 0.389 0.376
Bachelor degree 0.082 0.143 0.096 0.214 0.089 0.205
Degree in medicine 0.007 0.004 0.014 0.011 0.018 0.012
Graduate degree 0.047 0.051 0.092 0.085 0.095 0.074
Years of work experience 16.393 15.373 17.529 13.970 18.889 14.113
Married 0.981 0.678 0.987 0.591 0.979 0.597
English/French mother tongue 0.975 0.994 0.407 0.687 0.495 0.415
Women  
Group-specific unemployment rate 0.093 0.064 0.079 0.056 0.079 0.071
Group population share 0.670 0.481 0.195 0.144 0.206 0.150
Number of children 1.934 1.229 2.043 1.267 2.258 1.404
Home-owner 0.764 0.736 0.760 0.807 0.701 0.762
No diploma/certificate 0.355 0.076 0.393 0.032 0.445 0.062
Non university diploma 0.314 0.439 0.303 0.386 0.277 0.393
Bachelor degree 0.063 0.196 0.089 0.275 0.066 0.243
Degree in medicine 0.001 0.005 0.006 0.010 0.005 0.012
Graduate degree 0.021 0.068 0.045 0.112 0.037 0.090
Years of work experience 15.905 14.816 17.453 13.289 19.318 13.792
Married 0.883 0.699 0.920 0.617 0.897 0.611
English/French mother tongue 0.972 0.994 0.455 0.656 0.500 0.434
             
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981 Canadian Census of Population and 2006 Canadian Census of Population.
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