Table 3 Self-employed individuals across demographic groups

	%		Change
	October 2008	October 2009	Change
All	100.0	100.0	115,100
Sex
Men	65.0	64.1	48,200
Women	35.0	35.9	66,900^*
Age
15 to 24	3.4	3.3	1,200
25 to 34	14.4	13.7	-3,900
35 to 44	26.0	23.5^*	-38,600
45 to 54	29.5	29.9	46,500^**
55 and over	26.7	29.5^*	110,000^*
Education level
At least one university degree	27.6	27.7	34,400
Between high school and university	40.8	40.2	31,300
High school or less	31.6	32.1	49,300^**
Region of residence
Atlantic	5.0	4.9	2,700
Quebec	20.0	21.2	56,300^*
Ontario	37.9	37.6	35,400
Manitoba and Saskatchewan	6.7	6.7	7,800
Alberta	13.5	12.9	-1,900
British Columbia¹	16.9	16.7	14,800
Family status
Does not have a spouse	26.8	27.6	54,400^**
Spouse does not work	10.6	11.5	35,800^*
Spouse working - paid employee	38.8	37.7	15,500
Spouse working - self-employed	23.9	23.2	9,400
1. Includes the Northwest Territories, Yukon and Nunavut as observations from these areas constitute only a tiny fraction of the sample. * significantly different from October 2008 at the 0.05 level; at the 0.10 level Source:** Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, not seasonally adjusted.

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