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Table 2
Family and educational characteristics of immigrants' children

  First generation Second generation Third generation and higher
Recent immigrant Established immigrant Two immigrant parents One immigrant parent
percent
Men
Living with parents, year 1 70.43 66.13 73.43 61.1 51.8
Moved out in the subsequent 5 years 16.93 36.53 31.83 50.53 64.5
Single/never married, year 6 58.5 61.5 70.53 59.3 51.9
Ever had, adopted or raised a child, year 6 31.2 24.7 18.73 25.0 32.4
Women
Living with parents, year 1 39.2 52.5 65.83 42.9 43.5
Moved out in the subsequent 5 years 40.33 34.43 50.73 58.3 64.5
Single/never married, year 6 34.6 45.7 53.33 43.7 39.3
Ever had, adopted or raised a child, year 6 60.93 38.0 33.33 37.83 47.2
Educational activity, year 11
Men 57.3 52.5 59.83 53.4 46.2
Women 51.5 54.3 53.4 53.9 48.8
Educational attainment2
Men
Less than high school 25.1 16.1 10.73 9.03 20.5
High school diploma 20.5 25.2 28.2 32.9 25.8
Some postsecondary 11.0 16.9 13.2 25.1 16.4
Non-university certificate 31.3 26.5 30.8 17.8 27.3
University degree 12.2 15.3 16.2 14.8 9.9
Women
Less than high school 19.6 13.5 1.73 12.0 14.4
High school diploma 30.1 21.4 25.9 19.2 22.5
Some postsecondary 20.8 7.23 17.4 18.9 18.2
Non-university certificate 19.8 36.1 32.5 29.3 31.3
University degree 8.2 21.8 21.2 18.7 13.3
Years of schooling2
Men 13.0 13.4 13.83 13.1 12.8
Women 12.4 13.8 14.63 13.9 13.3

1. Full- or part-time students.
2. Excluding full- and part-time students.
3. Significantly different from the third generation and higher, at the 0.05 level or less.
Note: Some categories may not sum to 100% because of missing values.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1996 to 2001 and 1999 to 2004.