Table A.1
Models estimating the probability of being employed for all adults aged 18 to 75

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Table A.1
Models estimating the probability of being employed for all adults aged 18 to 75
Table summary
 This table displays the results of Models estimating the probability of being employed for all adults aged 18 to 75.
The information is grouped by Constant, In Canada, Age, Sex, Marital status, Interaction of sex and marital status, Residence(appearing as row headers),
All adults aged 18 to 75(Without social networks(Model 1) and With social networks (Model 2)) , (appearing as column headers),
calculated using probit coefficients as a unit of measure.
  All adults aged 18 to 75
Without social networks With social networks
Model 1 Model 2
probit coefficients
Constant
Intercept -1.927* -2.264*
In Canada
Less than 5 years -0.375* -0.238*
5 to 9 years -0.362* -0.263*
10 years or more 0.043 0.083
Born in Canada† … ...
Age
Age 0.153* 0.153*
Age squared -0.002* -0.002*
Sex
Men 0.005 0.000
Women† … ...
Marital status
Married or common-law women -0.226* -0.253*
Not married† … ...
Interaction of sex and marital status
Married or common-law men 0.572* 0.571*
Education
University degree 0.424* 0.312*
College diploma 0.294* 0.201*
Some postsecondary 0.141* 0.048
High school or less† … ...
Residence
In census metropolitan area 0.040 0.091*
Not in census metropolitan area† … ...
Mother tongue
Language other than English or French -0.059 -0.056
English and/or French† … ...
Visible minority
Member of a visible minority -0.121* -0.074
Not in a visible minority† … ...
Social networks
Size of network
Number of friends and relatives … 0.000
Frequency of contact
Maintain daily contact   -0.008
Don't maintain daily contact† … ...
Strength of ties
Average percentage of contacts considered close … -0.002*
Diversity of network
Number of different occupations among contacts … 0.043*
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from the reference group at p < 0.05
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.
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