Table 1
Employment and unemployment rates of the second- and the third-and-higher-generation Canadians aged 25 to 54, May 2006
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| Total | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second generation | Third-and-higher generation | Second generation | Third-and-higher generation | Second generation | Third-and-higher generation | |
| rate | ||||||
| Employment rates | ||||||
| Total | 82.8 | 82.9 | 87.0 | 86.9 | 78.7 | 79.0 |
| Education attainment | ||||||
| Less than a high school diploma | 69.9 | 66.9 | 76.4 | 74.7 | 60.3 | 56.8 |
| High school graduates | 81.5 | 82.4 | 86.4 | 87.1 | 75.6 | 76.9 |
| Some post secondary education | 85.1 | 87.2 | 89.4 | 90.7 | 81.7 | 84.6 |
| University degree | 85.3 | 89.9 | 89.0 | 92.9 | 82.1 | 87.4 |
| Visible minority status | ||||||
| White | 84.1 | 82.9 | 88.4 | 87.0 | 79.9 | 79.0 |
| Black | 75.6 | 73.7 | 77.9 | 78.5 | 73.3 | 69.5 |
| Asian | 76.1 | 82.8 | 79.5 | 86.0 | 72.7 | 79.5 |
| Other visible minorities | 72.2 | 77.1 | 76.5 | 79.0 | 67.8 | 75.5 |
| Unemployment rates | ||||||
| Total | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Education attainment | ||||||
| Less than a high school diploma | 7.3 | 9.0 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.3 |
| High school graduates | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Some post secondary education | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| University degree | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 |
| Visible minority status | ||||||
| White | 4.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 |
| Black | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| Asian | 5.4 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.1 |
| Other visible minorities | 8.6 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 4.7 | 8.8 | 4.4 |
Source(s):
Statistics Canada 2006 Census.
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