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Table 4 Recognition of foreign credentials by field of study

  Coefficients Odds ratio Predicted probability of recognition (%)
Level and field of highest education
Some university or college, or below, any field -0.541* 0.58 20
University
Engineering (ref.) 0.000 1.00 33
Education, humanities and social science -0.121 0.89 29
Commerce, management, business administration -0.047 0.95 31
Health 0.176 1.19 38
Agriculture, biology, physics, mathematics -0.055 0.95 31
No specialization -0.270 0.76 26
* significantly different from the reference group (ref.) at the 0.001 level
Source: Statistics Canada, Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, 2000 to 2005.