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Profile of paid workers across the three recessions (1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1994, 2008 to 2011)

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Profile of paid workers across the three recessions (1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1994, 2008 to 2011)


Table summary
This table displays the results of profile of paid workers across the three recessions (1981 to 1984. The information is grouped by variables (appearing as row headers), 1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1994 and 2008 to 2011, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Variables 1981 to 1984 1990 to 1994 2008 to 2011
  percent
Gender  
Male 56.8 52.7 50.2
Female 43.2 47.3 49.8
Age group  
15 to 24 years 21.3 13.4 10.8
25 to 34 years 30.9 31.2 23.8
35 to 44 years 22.6 28.9 24.3
45 to 54 years 15.7 18.6 27.0
55 to 64 years 9.6 7.9 14.1
Education attainment  
Below university 86.8 83.5 74.1
University 13.2 16.5 25.9
Job tenure  
24 months or less 34.1 31.9 29.9
25 months to 60 months 21.4 21.4 21.8
61 months to 120 months 19.4 16.8 18.2
121 months to 240 months 17.0 20.1 16.9
241 months or more 8.1 9.7 13.2
Region  
Atlantic Provinces 7.4 7.5 6.9
Quebec 25.3 24.6 23.6
Ontario 38.9 39.2 38.5
Prairie Provinces 7.3 6.9 6.7
Alberta 10.0 9.6 11.8
British Columbia 11.1 12.3 12.6
Industry  
Primary industries and construction 10.6 9.7 10.1
Manufacturing 20.1 17.2 12.7
Retail trade, accommodation,
and food services		 16.0 16.4 16.5
High-skill services 14.6 16.0 18.5
Public services 24.6 27.3 27.8
Other service-producing industries 14.0 13.5 14.4
Occupation  
Managers Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 8.3 7.7
Professionals Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 15.4 18.7
Semi-professionals and technicians Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 7.2 9.0
Clerical, sales, and service
personnel		 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 42.6 42.0
Manual workers and trades personnel Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 26.5 22.6
       
.. not available for a specific reference period
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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