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Table 1 Characteristics of all workers
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| % | |
|---|---|
| Dependent variables | |
| Received employer-supported training | 60.1 |
| On-the-job | 32.9 |
| Classroom | 36.5 |
| Outside | 4.4 |
| Declined training | 12.2 |
| Independent variables | |
| Women | 52.2 |
| Low-wage | 25.6 |
| Education | |
| Less than high school | 10.0 |
| Completed high school | 16.6 |
| Postsecondary, non-university | 52.3 |
| University degree | 21.1 |
| Non-union | 73.1 |
| Low-wage, less-educated, non-union | 8.7 |
| Control variables: Worker | |
| Non-permanent | 9.1 |
| Part-time | 15.7 |
| Occupation | |
| Manager | 12.6 |
| Professional | 17.2 |
| White collar | 22.8 |
| Blue collar | 47.4 |
| Marital status | |
| Married/common-law | 68.4 |
| Other | 31.6 |
| Dependent children | 43.5 |
| Workplace tenure1 | 8.7 |
| Workplace tenure squared1 | 152.9 |
| Worker age1 | 40.9 |
| Worker age squared1 | 1,814.7 |
| Control variables: Workplace | |
| Workplace size (employees)1 | 482.7 |
| Workplace size (log form)1 | 1.8 |
| Industry | |
| Primary | 1.7 |
| Manufacturing and related | 31.8 |
| Retail trade | 24.3 |
| Finance and insurance | 4.7 |
| Education and health | 21.8 |
| Other services | 15.6 |
| Profitable workplace | 66.5 |
| 1. Indicates the mean among all workers. All other figures indicate the proportion of workers having a particular characteristic. Source: Statistics Canada, Workplace and Employee Survey, 2005. |
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