Table A.8.2
Characteristics of 2005 doctoral graduates who lived in Canada in 2007
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| Proportion | Confidence limits (95%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | ||
| percent | |||
| Gender | |||
| Male | 53 | 52 | 54 |
| Female | 47 | 46 | 48 |
| Marital status | |||
| Married or common-law | 74 | 73 | 75 |
| Separated or divorced | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Single, never married | 22 | 21 | 23 |
| Had dependent children | 47 | 46 | 48 |
| Citizenship status in 2007 | |||
| Canadian citizen by birth | 65 | 64 | 66 |
| Canadian citizen by naturalization | 25 | 24 | 26 |
| Landed immigrant or foreign student | 10 | 9 | 11 |
| No status in Canada or other | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Proportion by field of study | |||
| Life sciences | 83 | 81 | 85 |
| Engineering | 89 | 87 | 91 |
| Computer, mathematics and physical sciences | 83 | 80 | 86 |
| Psychology and social sciences | 94 | 93 | 95 |
| Humanities | 91 | 89 | 93 |
| Education and other fields of study | 94 | 92 | 96 |
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Note: Percentages may not sum up to 100 due to rounding. Sources: Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey (Class of 2005). |
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