Table 1
Descriptive statistics among immigrant women

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Table 1
Descriptive statistics among immigrant women
Table summary
This table displays the results of Descriptive statistics among immigrant women All immigrant women and Paid employees (appearing as column headers).
  All immigrant women Paid employees
Source countries with low female labour force participation rates Source countries with high female labour force participation rates Source countries with low female labour force participation rates Source countries with high female labour force participation rates
Source-country characteristics  
Female labour force participation rate 0.382 0.618 0.401 0.614
Source-country gender-role attitudes (score) 2.444 2.668 2.452 2.673
Log gross domestic product per capita (2005 U.S. dollars) 7.633 7.849 7.589 7.855
English or French official language (proportion) 0.606 0.219 0.655 0.244
Western countries (proportion) 0.118 0.388 0.128 0.414
Individual-level outcomes  
Labour force participation rate 0.701 0.737 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Hourly wages (dollars) Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 18.847 21.056
Individual-level control variables  
Less than high school (proportion) 0.091 0.072 0.050 0.058
High school graduation (proportion) 0.155 0.160 0.132 0.139
Some postsecondary education (proportion) 0.275 0.293 0.304 0.289
Bachelor's degree (proportion) 0.324 0.301 0.352 0.314
Graduate degree (proportion) 0.154 0.175 0.163 0.200
Age at immigration (mean years) 33.273 33.582 32.501 32.644
Years since landing 8.627 8.948 8.970 9.301
Divorced, separated, or widowed (proportion) 0.087 0.104 0.088 0.112
Never married (proportion) 0.089 0.063 0.113 0.076
Number of children under 6 years old (proportion) 0.338 0.293 0.253 0.243
Working full time (proportion) Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.807 0.822
Tenure in years Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.568 4.684
Sample size (number) 16,263 13,548 9,286 7,803
... not applicable
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 2006 to 2012.
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