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Table 3 Odds ratios associated with employer-supported training among worker subsamples of interest

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	Odds ratio
	Low-wage	Less-educated	Non-union	Low-wage, less-educated, non-union
Independent variables
Women (ref. men)	0.77	0.72^*	0.88	0.75
Low-wage (ref. higher-wage)	...	0.64^*	0.58^*	...
Education (ref. some postsecondary)
Less than high school	0.58^*	...	0.63^*	...
Completed high school	1.04	...	0.89	...
University degree	1.08	...	1.14	...
Non-union(ref. unionized)	1.07	1.34^*	...	...
Control variables
Non-permanent (ref. permanent)	0.73	0.91	0.72^*	0.88
Part-time	0.85	0.78	0.92	0.67
Occupation (ref. professional)
Manager	1.56	1.52	0.93	4.48
White collar	0.72	0.95	0.60^*	1.10
Blue collar	0.92	1.22	0.81^*	1.32
Other marital status (ref. married)	0.76^*	0.82	0.83^*	0.91
Dependent children	0.98	1.10	1.00	1.35
Workplace tenure	0.91^*	0.96^*	0.96^*	0.87^*
Workplace tenure squared	1.00	1.00	1.00^*	1.00
Worker age	0.94^*	0.95	0.93^*	1.00
Worker age squared	1.00	1.00	1.00^*	1.00
Workplace size	1.61^*	1.61^*	1.64^*	1.91^*
Industry (ref. manufacturing and related)
Primary	2.08	0.89	1.69^*	5.46^*
Retail trade	1.31	0.87	1.12	1.58^*
Finance and insurance	3.92^*	4.21^*	3.50^*	11.06^*
Education and health	2.56^*	1.50^*	1.62^*	2.81^*
Other services	1.40^*	1.41	1.20	2.41^*
Profitable workplace	0.82	0.75	0.87	0.68
* statistically significant for the reference group (ref.) at the 0.10 level or better. Source: Statistics Canada, Workplace and Employee Survey, 2005.