Table A.1.4 Proportion of Canadians aged 25 to 64 who participated in job-related education or training, 2002 and 2008
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| Adult Education and Training Survey, 20021 | Access and Support to Education and Training Survey, 20082 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education or training | Education | Training | Education or training | Education | Training | |
| percent | percent | |||||
| Total | 30.1 | 8.2 | 24.6 | 36.0 | 8.1 | 30.6 |
| Age group | ||||||
| 25 to 34 | 39.5 | 17.3 | 27.0 | 43.0 | 16.0 | 31.9 |
| 35 to 44 | 32.0 | 8.0 | 27.3 | 42.1 | 9.2 | 36.0 |
| 45 to 64 | 23.5 | 3.4 | 21.5 | 29.4 | 3.7 | 27.2 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 29.9 | 7.6 | 24.7 | 36.2 | 7.6 | 31.2 |
| Female | 30.2 | 8.9 | 24.5 | 35.9 | 8.7 | 30.1 |
| Highest level of education attained | ||||||
| Less than high school | 8.0 | 2.1 | 6.5 | 14.3 | 2.6E | 11.7 |
| High school diploma or its equivalent | 24.1 | 7.1 | 18.8 | 24.9 | 4.9 | 20.9 |
| Postsecondary education degree, diploma or certificate | 39.4 | 10.6 | 32.7 | 44.2 | 10.4 | 37.8 |
| Province | ||||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 24.0 | 7.0 | 19.4 | 32.9 | 7.1 | 27.7 |
| Prince Edward Island | 26.9 | 4.1E | 24.5 | 41.0 | 7.0E | 35.7 |
| Nova Scotia | 31.0 | 6.1 | 27.0 | 38.3 | 7.3 | 33.0 |
| New Brunswick | 28.2 | 5.7 | 24.6 | 33.4 | 5.0 | 30.6 |
| Quebec | 26.7 | 6.9 | 21.4 | 28.2 | 7.2 | 22.9 |
| Ontario | 30.3 | 9.0 | 24.9 | 38.3 | 8.5 | 32.9 |
| Manitoba | 35.3 | 10.7 | 28.8 | 39.3 | 9.3 | 34.2 |
| Saskatchewan | 33.6 | 7.8 | 28.4 | 42.9 | 5.4 | 39.9 |
| Alberta | 31.7 | 7.4 | 26.3 | 43.3 | 8.7 | 37.2 |
| British Columbia | 33.6 | 9.7 | 27.1 | 35.5 | 9.3 | 29.7 |
| Place of birth | ||||||
| Born in Canada | 31.4 | 8.0 | 26.3 | 37.3 | 7.9 | 32.2 |
| Born outside Canada | 26.1 | 9.2 | 19.5 | 29.7 | 8.5 | 23.5 |
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed at some point during the reference period | 36.4 | 9.3 | 30.7 | 41.2 | 8.5 | 35.7 |
| Unemployed and looking for work throughout the reference period | 24.8 | 14.6 | 13.2 | 26.2E | F | F |
| Other | 7.2 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 7.7 | 6.0 | 2.9 |
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E use with caution F too unreliable to be published 1. Represents activities undertaken between January and December 2002. 2. Represents activities undertaken between July 2007 and June 2008. Sources: Adult Education and Training Survey (AETS), 2003 and Access and Support to Education and Training Survey (ASETS), 2008. |
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