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Table 1
Characteristics of military personnel and civilian workers, aged 15 to 64

  All military Regular forces Reserve forces Total civilian workers
All regular Officer Non-commissioned All reserve Officer Non-commissioned
%
Sex
Men 85.3* 87.8* 85.6* 88.4* 79.2*(*) 84.9* 78.1* 53.3
Women 14.7* 12.2* 14.4* 11.6*[*] 20.8*(*) 15.1*(*) 21.9*(*)[*] 46.7
Age
15 to 24 19.3 9.9* 10.4* 9.7* 42.1*(*) 10.2* 48.0*(*)[*] 19.3
25 to 39 51.8* 57.7* 49.2* 60.2*[*] 37.4*(*) 48.6* 35.4(*)[*] 33.3
40 to 54 28.3* 32.0* 39.3* 30.0*[*] 19.2*(*) 37.6 15.8*(*)[*] 36.6
55 to 64 0.6* 0.4E* 1.1E* F 1.3*(*) 3.6*(*) 0.9*E[*] 10.7
Education1
Less than high school 6.5* 7.1* F 9.0* 4.3*(*) F 5.7*(*) 13.3
High school diploma 28.0* 31.4* 5.5* 38.7*[*] 15.2*(*) 4.9* 18.5(*)[*] 19.5
Some postsecondary 12.7* 13.1* 6.2 15.1*[*] 11.0*(*) 7.0 12.2*(*)[*] 6.6
Postsecondary degree/diploma 52.6* 48.2* 88.1* 37.1*[*] 69.4*(*) 88.1* 63.4*(*)[*] 59.6
Immigrants 5.9* 4.1* 6.0* 3.6*[*] 10.0*(*) 9.2*(*) 10.2*(*) 20.6
Official language
English only 53.8* 51.4* 26.6* 58.3*[*] 59.9*(*) 54.6*(*) 60.9*[*] 64.5
French only 3.8* 3.0* F 3.8* 5.9*(*) 2.2*E 6.6*(*)[*] 10.7
Both 42.2* 45.6* 73.1* 37.8*[*] 33.9*(*) 43.1*(*) 32.2*(*)[*] 23.5
Neither 0.2E* F F F F F F 1.3
Visible minority 6.4 4.5* 3.4* 4.8*[*] 11.1*(*) 5.9*(*) 12.0*(*)[*] 17.1
* significantly different from total civilian workers at 0.05 or less
(*) significantly different from the same column of regular forces at 0.05 or less
[*] significantly different from officers at 0.05 or less
1. Population 25 or older.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.2, 2002.