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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Employment and unemployment rates of the second- and the third-and-higher-generation Canadians aged 25 to 54, May 2006
  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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