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Table 7 Average weekly hours of full-time postsecondary students aged 15 to 24

  Aged 15 to 24 Aged 15 to 19 Aged 20 to 24
Both sexes Men Women Both sexes Men Women Both sexes Men Women
Average weekly hours
Academic year
1976/1977 15.2 16.3 13.9 13.9 14.8 13.0 16.3 17.5 14.8
1977/1978 14.6 15.8 13.4 13.6 14.1 13.1 15.5 17.3 13.7
1978/1979 14.3 15.3 13.2 13.3 14.2 12.5 15.2 16.1 14.0
1979/1980 14.7 15.9 13.5 13.2 13.6 12.9 16.0 17.6 14.1
1980/1981 14.4 15.8 12.9 13.3 14.7 12.0 15.5 16.8 13.9
1981/1982 13.6 14.4 12.6 12.5 13.3 11.8 14.5 15.3 13.5
1982/1983 13.6 14.8 12.2 12.1 13.1 11.3 14.7 16.1 13.1
1983/1984 13.6 14.6 12.5 12.6 13.4 12.0 14.4 15.5 13.0
1984/1985 13.9 14.7 13.1 12.4 12.9 11.9 14.9 15.8 13.9
1985/1986 14.1 14.9 13.3 12.9 13.3 12.7 14.9 15.8 13.9
1986/1987 14.5 15.6 13.4 13.5 13.8 13.3 15.2 16.7 13.5
1987/1988 14.4 15.2 13.6 13.6 14.2 13.0 14.9 15.9 14.0
1988/1989 14.7 15.6 13.8 13.3 14.1 12.7 15.7 16.6 14.8
1989/1990 15.0 16.0 14.2 13.7 14.6 13.1 15.9 16.8 15.0
1990/1991 14.6 15.9 13.5 13.6 15.0 12.6 15.2 16.4 14.1
1991/1992 14.4 15.5 13.4 13.0 13.9 12.3 15.3 16.6 14.1
1992/1993 13.7 14.0 13.5 12.8 12.6 12.9 14.3 14.8 13.9
1993/1994 14.3 15.3 13.6 13.2 13.6 12.9 15.0 16.0 14.0
1994/1995 14.7 15.4 14.0 13.5 14.0 13.1 15.3 16.1 14.6
1995/1996 14.8 15.6 14.2 13.3 13.9 12.9 15.7 16.4 15.0
1996/1997 14.8 15.7 14.1 13.6 14.5 12.9 15.4 16.3 14.7
1997/1998 15.6 16.6 14.9 13.4 13.9 13.0 16.6 17.8 15.8
1998/1999 15.5 16.5 14.8 14.3 15.2 13.7 16.1 17.1 15.3
1999/2000 15.8 16.7 15.1 14.4 15.3 13.8 16.5 17.4 15.8
2000/2001 16.5 17.4 15.8 15.1 15.7 14.7 17.2 18.2 16.4
2001/2002 16.1 17.2 15.4 14.5 15.0 14.2 17.0 18.4 16.0
2002/2003 15.8 16.7 15.2 14.7 15.4 14.2 16.5 17.5 15.8
2003/2004 16.0 16.8 15.4 14.5 15.1 14.1 16.8 17.7 16.2
2004/2005 16.1 16.7 15.8 14.8 15.1 14.6 16.9 17.5 16.4
2005/2006 16.2 17.3 15.5 14.6 15.2 14.3 17.0 18.4 16.2
2006/2007 16.5 17.5 15.8 15.1 15.6 14.8 17.2 18.5 16.4
2007/2008 16.2 17.5 15.3 15.0 15.7 14.6 16.8 18.5 15.7
2008/2009 15.9 17.0 15.3 14.3 14.8 14.1 16.9 18.1 16.0
2009/2010 15.8 16.7 15.3 14.3 14.9 14.0 16.6 17.6 16.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.