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Logistic regression results for the seldom versus always overqualified

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Sex
	Coefficient	Probability (%)
Male	-0.36	34.82
Female^†	0.00	43.36
Age group
Less than 30 years old^†	0.00	24.65
30 to 39 years old	1.16*	51.06
40 to 49 years old	0.85	43.35
50 years old and older	1.44**	57.99
Immigrant status
Recent immigrants (10 years or less)	1.51*	72.14
Established immigrants	0.06	37.79
Canadian born^†	0.00	36.39
Region
East	-0.01	40.73
Central^†	0.00	40.97
West	-0.23	35.54
Educational attainment
Bachelor or less^†	0.00	44.82
More than bachelor	-1.07**	21.79
Field of study
Education	-0.81	24.38
Arts, humanities and social sciences	0.11	44.72
Commerce	-0.02	41.53
Science and Health^†	0.00	42.02
Work schedule
Full time worker	1.08*	46.52
Part time worker^†	0.00	22.8
Industry
Primary, manufacturing and construction	0.26	42.53
Distributive services	0.24	42.04
Business services	0.53	49.22
Consumer services^†	0.00	36.33
Public services	-0.9	18.83
Union or collective agreement
Yes	1.05*	57.03
No^†	0.00	31.71
Firm size
Less than 20 employees^†	0.00	49.36
20 to 499 employees	-1.11**	24.31
500 employees or more	-0.42	39.04
Panel
Panel 1^†	0.00	40.70
Panel 2	-0.11	38.08
* significant at a 95% level of confidence significant at a 90% level of confidence † Reference category Source:** Statistics Canada , Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1993 to 2001.

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