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Table 3
Labour force participation and earnings of immigrants' children

  First generation Second generation Third generation and higher
Recent immigrant Established immigrant Two immigrant parents One immigrant parent
Men percent
Employed all year 65.2 73.9 66.7 66.5 67.1
Unemployed at least
once in year		 19.9 16.1 27.0 25.0 24.9
No work all year1 F F 4.0 8.8 6.9
Median earnings in 2004 dollars
Hourly, main job 11.03 13.59 14.12 14.07 13.08
Annual, all jobs (in thousands 23.8 27.2 28.7 25.9 25.5
Women percent
Employed all year 32.22 71.2 75.72 59.0 55.6
Unemployed at least
once in year		 25.8 13.3 9.62 26.6 21.9
No work all year1 48.82 13.9 9.82 12.1 20.2
Median earnings in 2004 dollars
Hourly, main job 9.282 14.58 15.922 12.37 11.26
Annual, all jobs (in thousands) 15.4 23.6 27.52 21.5 18.2

1. Unemployed or not in the labour force.
2. Significantly different from the third generation and higher, at the 0.05 level or less.
Note: First year in sample and excluding full- and part-time students.
Data source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 1996 to 2001 and 1999 to 2004.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Perspectives on Labour and Income, volume 8, number 10, "Economic integration of
immigrants' children", catalogue number 75-001-XWE.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, Perspectives on Labour and Income, volume 8, number 10, "Economic integration of
immigrants' children", catalogue number 75-001-XWE.