Appendix Table 2-1
Coefficients from ordinary least squares regression models predicting employment earnings of principal applicants (economic immigrants), by years since landing and presence of pre-landing Canadian work experience, 2002–2004 landing cohort — Part 1

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This table displays the results of Coefficients from ordinary least squares regression models predicting employment earnings of principal applicants (economic immigrants) 1 to 2 years after landing, 5 to 6 years after landing, With Canadian work experience and Without Canadian work experience, calculated using coefficient units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	With Canadian work experience	Without Canadian work experience	With Canadian work experience	Without Canadian work experience
	1 to 2 years after landing		5 to 6 years after landing
	coefficient
Intercept	10.15^Note ***	9.67^Note ***	10.39^Note ***	10.03^Note ***
Age (reference: 25 to 29)
20 to 24	0.00	-0.06^Note *	0.05	-0.08^Note ***
30 to 34	0.08^Note **	-0.05^Note ***	0.03	-0.08^Note ***
35 to 39	0.15^Note ***	-0.11^Note ***	0.03	-0.16^Note ***
40 to 44	0.24^Note ***	-0.16^Note ***	0.06	-0.28^Note ***
45 to 49	0.35^Note ***	-0.25^Note ***	0.13^Note ***	-0.39^Note ***
50 to 54	0.33^Note ***	-0.31^Note ***	0.00	-0.50^Note ***
Education (reference: 10 to 12 years of schooling)
9 or fewer years of schooling	-0.11	0.05	0.17	0.15^Note ***
13 or more years of schooling	0.42^Note **	-0.04	0.53^Note ***	0.16^Note ***
Trade or diploma, 12 or fewer years of schooling	0.03	0.21^Note ***	0.09	0.27^Note ***
Trade or diploma, 13 or more years of schooling	0.16^Note *	0.05	0.22^Note **	0.22^Note ***
Some university	0.28^Note ***	-0.05	0.36^Note ***	0.22^Note ***
Bachelor, 14 or fewer years of schooling	0.28^Note **	0.09^Note ***	0.44^Note ***	0.33^Note ***
Bachelor, 15 or more years of schooling	0.55^Note ***	0.00	0.64^Note ***	0.33^Note ***
Master's, 16 or fewer years of schooling	0.67^Note ***	-0.09^Note ***	0.73^Note ***	0.20^Note ***
Master's, 17 or more years of schooling	0.68^Note ***	0.02	0.78^Note ***	0.37^Note ***
Doctorate	0.43^Note ***	0.09^Note ***	0.67^Note ***	0.39^Note ***
Language (reference: not speaking English or French)
Mother tongue English, unilingual	0.93^Note ***	0.72^Note ***	0.65^Note ***	0.50^Note ***
Mother tongue French, unilingual	0.74^Note **	-0.13	0.47	0.04
Mother tongue English/French, bilingual	0.76^Note ***	0.76^Note ***	0.42^Note ***	0.42^Note ***
Other mother tongue, English	0.55^Note ***	0.32^Note ***	0.31^Note ***	0.16^Note ***
Other mother tongue, French	0.45	0.01	-0.07	-0.04
Other mother tongue, bilingual	0.59^Note ***	0.35^Note ***	0.33^Note ***	0.18^Note ***
Years of Canadian work experience (reference: 5 years or more)
More than 0 to less than 1	-0.56^Note ***	Note ...: not applicable	-0.35^Note ***	Note ...: not applicable
1 to less than 2	-0.50^Note ***	Note ...: not applicable	-0.29^Note ***	Note ...: not applicable
2 to less than 3	-0.29^Note ***	Note ...: not applicable	-0.15^Note ***	Note ...: not applicable
3 to less than 4	-0.22^Note ***	Note ...: not applicable	-0.13^Note **	Note ...: not applicable
4 to less than 5	-0.10^Note *	Note ...: not applicable	-0.03	Note ...: not applicable
Years of study in Canada (reference: none)
More than 0 to less than 1	-0.21^Note ***	0.13	-0.20^Note ***	0.10^Note *
1 to less than 2	-0.32^Note ***	-0.04^Note ***	-0.21^Note ***	0.03
2 to less than 3	-0.23^Note ***	0.05^Note ***	-0.11^Note **	0.10^Note ***
3 to less than 4	-0.33^Note ***	-0.14^Note ***	-0.18^Note ***	0.09^Note **
4 to less than 5	-0.30^Note ***	0.00^Note *	-0.12^Note **	0.01
5 or more	-0.35^Note ***	0.02	-0.25^Note ***	0.01
... not applicable Note * significantly different from reference category (p<0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from reference category (p<0.01) Return to note referrer Note * significantly different from reference category (p<0.001) Return to note * referrer Note: Independent variables in this table are measured at landing. Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Immigration Database.

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Appendix Table 2-1
Coefficients from ordinary least squares regression models predicting employment earnings of principal applicants (economic immigrants), by years since landing and presence of pre-landing Canadian work experience, 2002–2004 landing cohort — Part 1

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Appendix Table 2-1 Coefficients from ordinary least squares regression models predicting employment earnings of principal applicants (economic immigrants), by years since landing and presence of pre-landing Canadian work experience, 2002–2004 landing cohort — Part 1

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Appendix Table 2-1
Coefficients from ordinary least squares regression models predicting employment earnings of principal applicants (economic immigrants), by years since landing and presence of pre-landing Canadian work experience, 2002–2004 landing cohort — Part 1