Table 2.3.3
Socio-demographic characteristics of immigrants requesting Prior
Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) at a postsecondary
institution in Canada within two years of immigrating, by the
occupation they wanted when they decided to immigrate to Canada,
Ontario, 2003
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| All immigrants | Female | 25 to 44 | Member of visible minorities | Asian origins | University degree | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | % | standard error | |
| All occupations | 13,400 | (533) | 42.7 | (1.9) | 82.9 | (1.5) | 80.9 | (1.5) | 72.5 | (1.7) | 87.3 | (1.3) |
| Health occupations1 | 1,500 | (183) | 73.1 | (5.3) | 86.2 | (4.2) | 80.0 | (4.6) | 66.3 | (5.9) | 77.0 | (5.0) |
| Selected health-related occupations2,3 | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … | F | … |
| All other occupations2,4 | 11,700 | (498) | 38.3 | (2.0) | 82.7 | (1.7) | 81.2 | (1.6) | 73.9 | (1.7) | 88.6 | (1.4) |
… not applicable
F too unreliable to be published
1. Excludes Veterinarians and Animal health technologists.
2. Not a Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) category.
3. Includes Managers in health care, Medical secretaries, Court recorders and medical transcriptionists, Inspectors in public and environmental health and occupational health and safety, Psychologists and Social workers.
4. Includes Veterinarians and Animal health technologists.
Notes: Excludes immigrants who did not plan to work or did not have an idea of the type of job they wanted when they decided to immigrate to Canada.
Occupations are defined using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC), 1991. See Appendix 2 for more details.
Due to rounding, percentages may not add up exactly to 100.
Don't know, refused and not stated excluded from percentage calculations.
PLAR request relates to credential for highest level of education only.
Source: Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, Wave 2 (2003), Statistics Canada.
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