Table 1
Summary statistics of characteristics of immigrant men and women by initial firm-level payments

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Table summary
This table displays the results of Summary statistics of characteristics of immigrant men and women by initial firm-level payments Men , Women, All, Low-paying firm, Medium-low-paying firm and High-paying firm, calculated using percent and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Men Women
All Low-paying firm Medium-low-paying firm High-paying firm All Low-paying firm Medium-low-paying firm High-paying firm
percent
Age at landing  
20 to 24 10.3 13.3 12.1 8.8 16.3 18.6 18.1 13.5
25 to 29 24.6 22.1 23.7 25.7 27.0 24.4 25.5 29.9
30 to 34 26.5 23.6 24.6 28.0 24.3 22.8 23.1 26.3
35 to 39 19.5 18.6 18.7 20.1 17.2 17.2 17.3 17.2
40 to 44 12.3 13.7 12.9 11.6 10.2 11.1 10.5 9.3
45 to 49 6.7 8.7 8.0 5.7 4.9 5.8 5.5 3.9
Marital status  
Married or common-law 68.2 65.5 68.2 68.9 77.4 80.7 78.1 74.8
Language  
English mother tongue 8.8 5.5 6.3 10.7 8.9 6.7 7.3 11.5
French mother tongue 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.4
English and French mother tongue 1.9 1.2 1.4 2.3 1.6 0.8 1.1 2.4
Other mother tongue, speak English 53.3 51.4 52.3 54.3 44.3 41.9 42.1 47.5
Other mother tongue, speak French 4.4 5.8 5.1 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.4 3.5
Other mother tongue and speak English or French 5.6 5.4 5.0 5.9 4.3 3.2 3.4 5.7
Other mother tongue, do not speak English or French 24.6 29.4 28.4 21.7 35.8 42.4 40.5 28.0
Education  
High school or less 23.0 28.8 28.5 19.2 30.2 37.1 35.7 21.7
Diploma 22.5 24.5 24.1 21.3 26.5 27.1 28.3 24.8
Bachelor's degree 37.2 34.1 34.5 39.1 32.7 28.6 28.4 38.5
Graduate degree 17.3 12.6 12.9 20.4 10.6 7.2 7.5 15.0
Immigration class  
Principal skilled worker 52.9 43.3 44.6 58.9 18.2 11.4 13.7 25.8
Spouse of skilled worker 8.6 9.1 9.6 8.1 31.7 33.2 30.3 31.7
Business 3.4 7.7 4.4 1.8 3.8 6.2 3.9 2.1
Family 20.1 19.5 23.5 19.0 31.8 33.8 35.1 28.2
Refugee 13.8 19.3 16.6 11.1 10.4 12.4 11.8 8.0
Market entry year  
First 78.2 65.2 75.7 83.0 63.4 54.6 64.6 68.3
Second 8.5 12.5 9.0 7.2 12.2 14.4 11.9 11.1
Third 4.5 7.3 4.9 3.6 7.1 8.6 6.7 6.4
Fourth 2.6 4.3 3.0 2.0 4.7 5.9 4.6 4.1
Later 6.1 10.7 7.3 4.3 12.6 16.6 12.2 10.1
    number
Observations 211,541 36,188 49,907 125,446 207,296 58,135 62,095 87,066
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database, 1999 to 2012.
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