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Young women shifted focus from secretarial sciences in 1993 to business and finance courses in 2003
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| Major field of study in private college | 1993 | 2003 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total1 | Male | Female | Total1 | Male | Female | |
| % of yearly grand total | ||||||
| Secretarial science | 39.0 | 0.4 | 38.6 | 18.3 | 1.0 | 17.3 |
| Business and finance | 13.8 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 23.5 | 7.1 | 16.4 |
| Computer science | 13.9 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 13.7 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| Health professions | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
| Others | 29.3 | 6.7 | 22.6 | 39.5 | 15.2 | 24.3 |
| Total1 | 100.0 | 17.5 | 82.5 | 100.0 | 30.7 | 69.3 |
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1. Components might not add up to the
total due to rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics. |
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