Table 1
Labour market outcomes by citizenship status among immigrants, Canada

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Labour market outcomes by citizenship status among immigrants, Canada


Table summary
This table displays the results of labour market outcomes by citizenship status among immigrants all, source regions and developed countries, calculated using developed countries, caribbean, central america, and south america, asia, africa, percent and log points units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  All Source regions
Developed countries Caribbean, Central America, and South America Asia Africa
  percent
Men  
Employment rate  
No citizenship 81.0 83.2 81.0 77.5 77.7
With citizenship 82.7 81.5 84.3 83.1 84.4
Unemployment rate  
No citizenship 5.5 4.2 7.5 6.4 10.7
With citizenship 4.4 3.5 5.2 4.7 6.1
Share in high-status occupation  
No citizenship 38.1 42.1 26.8 34.6 46.6
With citizenship 48.7 48.8 40.3 49.3 62.5
Share in public administration  
No citizenship 1.4 2.0 0.9 0.7 1.5
With citizenship 2.3 2.8 2.4 1.6 2.8
    log points
Log weekly earnings  
No citizenship 6.60 6.77 6.44 6.36 6.55
With citizenship 6.70 6.84 6.63 6.59 6.74
    percent
Women  
Employment rate  
No citizenship 63.7 68.2 65.0 56.1 58.3
With citizenship 68.6 68.1 72.8 67.4 70.5
Unemployment rate  
No citizenship 7.0 4.6 10.4 10.0 13.1
With citizenship 5.8 4.4 6.7 6.5 7.2
Share in high-status occupation  
No citizenship 54.2 62.6 48.5 39.7 58.4
With citizenship 63.1 67.4 63.3 57.8 72.9
Share in public administration  
No citizenship 1.7 2.2 1.3 0.8 1.5
With citizenship 2.4 2.8 3.0 1.7 3.4
    log points
Log weekly earnings  
No citizenship 6.19 6.28 6.10 6.07 6.10
With citizenship 6.37 6.42 6.35 6.31 6.40
Note(s): High-status occupations include management, business, finance, administration, natural and applied sciences, and other professional occupations. Developed countries include Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.          
           
Note(s):
High-status occupations include management, business, finance, administration, natural and applied sciences, and other professional occupations. Developed countries include Canada, the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
Source(s):
2006 Census of Canada.
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