Table 15
Unemployed women and men, by reason for leaving last job, 2009

Table 15
Unemployed women and men, by reason for leaving last job, 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Unemployed women and men. The information is grouped by Reason appearing as row headers and is grouped by Women, Men appearing as column headers, calculated using thousands and percentage as a unit of measure.
Reason Women Men
thousands percentage thousands percentage
Own illness/disability 12.7 2.1 15.5 1.7
Personal/family reasons 15.7 2.6 7.9 0.9
Going to school 34.0 5.6 40.7 4.5
Lost job/laid off 276.9 45.6 530.5 58.2
Retired 2.3 0.4 5.2 0.6
Other reasons 63.3 10.4 81.2 8.9
Had not worked in last year 144.2 23.7 170.7 18.7
Never worked 58.7 9.7 60.1 6.6
Total unemployed 607.9 100.0 912.0 100.0
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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