Table 2
Education and labour force activity of youth by age group

Table 2
Education and labour force activity of youth by age group
Table summary
This table displays the results of education and labour force activity of youth by age group. This information is grouped by years from 1976 to 2008 and years since recent economic downturn (2009, 2010 and 2011) (appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and age as units of measure.
	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	2007	2008	Years since recent economic downturn^Note1
	1976	1981	1986	1991	1996	2001	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
	%
All age 15 to 29
Student	31	30	32	36	41	43	44	44	44	43	44	44
Employed	10	11	13	16	16	18	19	19	19	18	18	18^{Note *}
Not employed	22	19	20	20	25	26	26	25	24	25	26	26^{Note *}
Employed	47	51	48	45	42	44	44	44	44	44	43	43^{Note *}
Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET)^{Note 2}	22	19	19	19	17	13	12	12	12	13	14	13^{Note *}
Unemployed	7	7	9	9	7	5	5	5	5	6	6	6^{Note *}
Not in the labour force	15	12	10	9	10	8	7	7	7	8	7	8
15 to 19
Student	65	66	75	78	80	81	81	80	80	80	82	81
Employed	17	22	26	32	26	28	29	30	31	29	27	27^{Note *}
Not employed	48	45	49	46	54	53	52	50	49	51	54	54^{Note *}
Employed	21	21	14	12	10	11	12	13	13	12	10	11^{Note *}
NEET ^{Note 2}	14	13	11	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	8
Unemployed	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Not in the labour force	8	6	6	5	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
20 to 24
Student	18	16	22	30	35	36	38	39	39	38	40	40
Employed	7	7	10	14	16	18	19	20	20	18	19	19
Not employed	11	9	13	16	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21^{Note *}
Employed	59	63	56	49	46	48	48	48	48	47	45	45^{Note *}
NEET ^{Note 2}	23	21	22	21	20	16	13	14	13	15	15	15^{Note *}
Unemployed	8	9	12	11	9	6	6	6	6	7	8	7^{Note *}
Not in the labour force	15	12	10	10	10	9	7	8	7	8	8	8
25 to 29
Student	7	7	8	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Employed	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Not employed	3	2	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	5
Employed	65	69	68	68	67	72	72	73	73	72	70	70^{Note *}
NEET ^{Note 2}	28	24	24	23	22	16	16	15	15	16	17	17^{Note *}
Unemployed	6	7	10	11	9	6	5	6	5	7	7	7^{Note *}
Not in the labour force	23	17	14	12	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
* significant difference between 2011 and 2008 at the 0.01 level 1. Peak employment occured in Canada in October 2008. 2. Not enrolled in school or employed. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey, 1976 to 2011.

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