Table 2
Family background characteristics of childhood immigrants, by admission class

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Table 2
Family background characteristics of childhood immigrants, by admission class
Table summary
This table displays the results of Family background characteristics of childhood immigrants. The information is grouped by Admission class (appearing as row headers), Log GDP per capita in source country, Fathers with university degree at landing, Fathers not speaking English or French, Average family market income at entry and Family income growth in the first decade after immigration, calculated using log points, percent, 2010 constant dollars and ratio units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Admission class Log GDP per capita in source country Fathers with university degree at landing Fathers not speaking English or French Average family market income at entry Family income growth in the first decade after immigration
log points percent 2010 constant dollars ratio
Skilled-worker class 8.20 46.04 16.53 49,500 1.67
Business class 8.61 27.70 40.75 30,800 1.53
Live-in caregiver class 7.13 17.47 15.10 44,400 1.59
Family class 7.33 24.43 29.76 37,600 1.59
Government-assisted refugees 7.15 14.77 74.18 22,100 2.19
Privately sponsored refugees 6.86 13.52 76.67 29,000 1.77
Refugees landed in Canada 7.09 19.14 12.56 17,700 2.23
Other refugees and humanitarian class 7.54 17.19 33.45 32,900 1.56
Others 7.83 28.15 27.39 42,500 1.40
Class not identified 7.70 26.40 31.50 41,000 1.54
Note: GDP stands for gross domestic product.
Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on data from the Longitudinal Immigration Database.
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