Table 7 Odds of predicted probability of participating in job-related training for immigrant employees

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	Canadian-born		Immigrants
	Men	Women	Men	Women
	odds ratio
Sociodemographic characteristics¹
Age
18 to 24	1.01	0.81^*	1.03	0.24^*
25 to 44	1.07	0.95	1.27^*	0.86
45 to 64 (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Personal income
Under $25,000	0.35^*	0.50^*	0.50^*	0.29^*
$25,000 to $49,999	0.66^*	0.74^*	0.60	0.32
$50,000 to $75,999	0.76^*	0.87	0.97	0.40
$75,000 to $99,999	0.94	0.94	1.20	0.53
$100,000 or more (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Education level
Less than high school graduation	0.79^*	0.46^*	0.99	0.83
High school diploma or its equivalent	0.81^*	0.79^*	0.80	0.89
Postsecondary education degree, diploma or certificate (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Job characteristics²
Terms of employment
Permanent	1.11^*	1.13^*	1.21	0.91
Non permanent (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Occupation by skill level
Management	1.06	0.99	0.95	1.03
Occupations requiring university education (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Occupations requiring college education or apprenticeship	0.89^*	0.83^*	0.82	0.91
Occupations requiring high school education or less	0.77^*	0.63^*	0.44^*	0.55^*
Workplace characteritics
Job sector
Public sector	1.19^*	1.17^*	1.28	1.00
Private sector (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Firm size
Less than 20 employees	0.85^*	0.85^*	0.67^*	0.74^*
20 to 99 employees	0.93	0.91	0.70^*	0.94
100 to 500 employees	0.95	0.95	0.68^*	0.83
Over 500 employees (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Industry
Goods-producing (ref.)	ref.	ref.	ref.	ref.
Service-producing	0.99	1.10	1.08	1.23^*
1. Other variables controlled for are marital status, visible minority status, language spoken most often at home, and geographic region. 2. Other variables controlled for are working hours, unionization and job tenure. * significantly different from the reference group (ref.) at the 5% level Source: Statistics Canada, Access and Support to Education and Training Survey, 2008.