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Relative risk of being laid-off, by characteristics (1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1994, 2008 to 2011)

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Relative risk of being laid-off, by characteristics (1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1994, 2008 to 2011)


Table summary
This table displays the results of relative risk of being laid-off 1981 to 1984, 1990 to 1994 and 2008 to 2011, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1981 to 1984 1990 to 1994 2008 to 2011
  percent
Overall risk 2.94  2.66  1.95 
Gender  
Male 1.04  1.09  1.19 
Female 0.94  0.90  0.81 
Age group  
15 to 24 years 1.64  1.64  1.74 
25 to 34 years 0.92  1.00  0.93 
35 to 44 years 0.79  0.84  0.84 
45 to 54 years 0.77  0.79  0.85 
55 to 64 years 0.71  0.99  1.10 
Education attainment  
Below university 1.09  1.11  1.14 
University 0.41  0.46  0.60 
Job tenure  
24 months or less 2.07  2.20  1.83 
25 months to 60 months 0.64  0.61  0.79 
61 months to 120 months 0.42  0.47  0.67 
121 months to 240 months 0.32  0.32  0.57 
241 months or more 0.24  0.25  0.46 
Province  
Atlantic Provinces 1.66  1.91  1.65 
Quebec 1.15  1.23  1.08 
Ontario 0.79  0.77  0.92 
Prairie Provinces 0.82  0.84  0.81 
Alberta 0.86  0.82  0.87 
British Columbia 1.20  0.95  0.96 
Industry  
Primary industries and construction 2.21  2.47  2.25 
Manufacturing 1.13  1.08  1.19 
Retail trade, accommodation,
and food services		 0.99  0.97  0.85 
High-skill services 0.60  0.68  0.77 
Public services 0.64  0.63  0.70 
Other service-producing industries 0.96  1.00  0.99 
Occupation  
Managers Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 0.34  0.36 
Professionals Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 0.48  0.61 
Semi-professionals and technicians Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 0.71  0.79 
Clerical, sales, and service
personnel		 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 0.85  0.81 
Manual workers and trades personnel Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 1.83  1.98 
       
.. not available for a specific reference period
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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