Table 5
Incidence of re-employment across recessions, by worker characteristics (1981 to 1985, 1990 to 1995, 2008 to 2011)

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Incidence of re-employment across recessions, by worker characteristics (1981 to 1985, 1990 to 1995, 2008 to 2011)


Table summary
This table displays the results of incidence of re-employment across recessions 1981 to 1985, 1990 to 1995 and 2008 to 2011, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1981 to 1985 1990 to 1995 2008 to 2011
  percent
Overall rate 41.6 41.9 50.3
Gender  
Male 41.7 39.5 47.4
Female 41.4 44.9 54.0
Age group  
15 to 24 years 38.8 39.4 53.5
25 to 34 years 41.4 43.4 52.6
35 to 44 years 45.2 42.7 51.6
45 to 54 years 42.7 43.0 49.0
55 to 64 years 39.7 36.8 46.0
Education  
Below university 41.2 41.1 48.2
University 47.5 51.2 59.8
Region  
Atlantic Provinces 31.8 33.5 43.9
Quebec 37.1 39.5 49.7
Ontario 46.3 43.6 50.7
Prairie Provinces 41.6 43.3 62.6
Alberta 47.1 46.4 51.3
British Columbia 45.6 51.2 49.9
Job tenure  
24 months or less 37.0 38.0 44.1
25 months to 60 months 43.4 44.8 47.7
61 months to 120 months 50.9 45.8 50.3
121 months to 240 months 54.6 52.5 54.3
241 months or more 53.8 53.7 47.6
Industry before displacement  
Primary industries and construction 39.1 37.3 44.8
Manufacturing 44.4 43.0 46.9
Retail trade, accommodation,
and food services		 37.2 35.9 43.9
High-skill services 40.4 38.3 44.5
Public services 46.4 55.3 66.2
Other service-producing industries 40.8 39.4 46.5
Occupation before displacement  
Managers Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 34.8 42.7
Professionals Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 54.4 63.4
Semi-professionals and technicians Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 48.9 51.9
Clerical, sales, and service
personnel		 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 40.6 47.7
Manual workers and trades personnel Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 40.5 48.2
Expected to be recalled at
layoff		  
No 35.6 36.1 47.7
Yes 61.8 64.0 61.1
In contract work before displacement  
No Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 49.6
Yes Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 54.2
Unionized before displacement  
No Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 45.0
Yes Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 60.4
Firm size  
Fewer than 20 employees Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 44.0
20 to 99 employees Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 45.7
100 to 500 employees Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 49.9
Over 500 employees Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 56.9
       
.. not available for a specific reference period
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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