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Table 8 Industry and occupation by family work pattern

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	Long family hours	Consistently standard	One low, one at least standard	Long family hours	Consistently standard	One low, one at least standard
	Families with children¹			Families without children²
	%
Industry³
Men
Public administration	13.9	19.7	14.6	11.2	21.5	14.3
Business services	13.6	14.0	14.7	14.5	14.2	14.3
Other services	30.7	25.5	29.0	39.8	22.5	36.0
Goods-producing	38.9	37.4	38.4	33.0	35.4	28.8
Women
Public administration	39.6	35.9	36.2	28.8	38.3	27.3
Business services	14.9	16.7	15.8	17.1	17.7	19.4
Other services	26.0	22.1	32.2	33.3	26.1	34.7
Goods-producing	15.1	20.1	13.1	17.4	15.2	16.0
Self-employed³
Men	31.4	7.6	17.8	21.9	7.5	15.9
Women	23.5	9.1	13.7	10.4	6.0	6.8
Manager³
Men	18.2	13.0	15.0	26.2	13.0	13.7
Women	12.4	13.6	6.6	15.3	6.0	9.6
1. 'Families with children' refer to those with both a head and a spouse with at least one child under 18. 2. The weights of families without children were modified to account for age differences with families with children. 3. Based on main job in the year they reported the most hours. Note: Only families in which both parents are in the labour market. ‘Standard' includes high-low individuals. Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, longitudinal panels 1996 to 2001, 1999 to 2004, and 2002 to 2007.