Table 4 Incidence rates and odds of predicted probability of participation in job-related training

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  Men Women
Incidence (%) Odds of predicted probability1 Incidence (%) Odds of predicted probability1
Canadian-born (ref.) 35.1 ref. 37.4 ref.
Immigrants 30.5* 0.82* 32.7* 0.86*
Immigration class
Family-class 27.9* 0.78* 31.4* 0.87*
Economic immigrants 34.2 0.83 30.6 0.83
Refugees/others 25.1*E 0.85 28.4E 0.89
Citizenship
Naturalized citizen 32.1 0.84* 30.7* 0.82*
Non-citizen 20.1*E 0.68* 28.6* 0.94
Age at immigration
Less than 18 31.9 0.86 33.7 0.87
18 or over 27.8* 0.75* 29.0* 0.85*
Years since immigration
10 years or less 26.0* 0.76* 23.5* 0.82
More than 10 years 31.0 0.82* 33.5 0.86*
Country of birth
United States, northern/western Europe2 29.5 0.75* 37.8 0.87
Other countries 30.7 0.84* 31.5* 0.85
1. Variables controlled for age, education level, personal income, ethnic origin, marital status, language spoken at home, job tenure, full-time/part-time, permanent job status, unionization, occupation, firm size, job sector (public/private), industry.
2. Comprises Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.
* significantly different from reference group (ref.) at the 5% level
E use with caution
Source: Statistics Canada, Access and Support to Education and Training Survey, 2008.