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Tables

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of self-employed and paid workers

Table 2 Selected attributes of self-employment by immigration status

Table 3 Self-reported advantages of self-employment

Table 4 Self-reported disadvantages of self-employment

Table 5 Predicted percentage reporting possible exit from self-employment

Charts

Chart A Self-employment as a percentage of total employed individuals by immigration status

Chart B Self-employment as a percentage of total employed immigrants by years in Canada, 1981 to 2010

Chart C Previous labour market activites of involuntarily and voluntarily self-employed workers

Chart D How previous paid employment ended

Chart E Main reasons for entering self-employment among the voluntarily self-employed

Chart F Four types of self-employment