Table 1
Selected characteristics of economic class principal applicants in linked Immigrant Landing File-Discharge Abstract Database and Canadian-born in linked 2006 Census-Discharge Abstract Database, by sex, population aged 25 to 74, Canada excluding Quebec and territories

Table 1
Selected characteristics of economic class principal applicants in linked Immigrant Landing file (1980 through 2006)-Discharge Abstract Database (2006/2007 through 2008/2009) and Canadian-born in linked 2006 Census-Discharge Abstract Database, by sex, population aged 25 to 74, Canada excluding Quebec and territories
Table summary
This table displays the results of Selected characteristics of economic class principal applicants in linked Immigrant Landing file (1980 through 2006)-Discharge Abstract Database (2006/2007 through 2008/2009) and Canadian-born in linked 2006 Census-Discharge Abstract Database. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Men, Women, Economic class principal applicants and Canadian-born, calculated using % distribution units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Men Women
Economic class principal applicants Canadian-born Economic class principal applicants Canadian-born
Total Skilled workers Business class Live-in caregivers Total Total Skilled workers Business class Live-in caregivers Total
Total
Number 337,725 296,025 40,595 1,105 4,917,820 169,680 116,700 7,085 45,600 5,113,155
% 100.0 87.7 12.0 0.3 Note ...: not applicable 100.0 69.0 4.2 26.9 Note ...: not applicable
Age (mean) 45.9 44.8 54.4 43.6 46.2 44.4 43.9 51.8 44.4 46.4
% distribution
Age group
25 to 44 46.8 51.3 13.2 55.8 46.8 52.2 54.0 19.4 52.5 46.4
45 to 54 34.6 34.1 37.7 31.1 25.8 35.1 34.2 43.9 35.9 25.7
55 to 74 18.7 14.5 49.1 13.1 27.4 12.8 11.7 36.7 11.6 27.9
World region
Caribbean/Central and South America 5.2 5.7 1.3 6.2 Note ...: not applicable 9.5 9.8 1.5 9.9 Note ...: not applicable
Western Europe 11.0 10.7 13.2 3.7 Note ...: not applicable 8.2 7.8 8.5 9.2 Note ...: not applicable
Eastern Europe 12.2 13.7 1.9 5.2 Note ...: not applicable 10.4 13.9 2.3 2.6 Note ...: not applicable
Southwest Asia and Africa 12.5 12.8 10.8 3.4 Note ...: not applicable 7.2 9.9 4.5 0.9 Note ...: not applicable
South Asia 19.1 20.8 6.6 5.3 Note ...: not applicable 6.6 9.0 1.8 1.1 Note ...: not applicable
Southeast Asia 7.2 7.6 2.5 69.9 Note ...: not applicable 31.3 16.3 3.4 74.1 Note ...: not applicable
East Asia 30.9 26.8 62.1 4.7 Note ...: not applicable 24.6 30.6 75.2 1.2 Note ...: not applicable
Other (United States, Oceania, other) 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.5 Note ...: not applicable 2.3 2.8 2.9 1.0 Note ...: not applicable
Landing year
1980 to 1992 28.8 27.8 35.7 31.7 Note ...: not applicable 33.9 32.6 30.3 37.8 Note ...: not applicable
1993 to 2006 71.3 72.2 64.3 68.3 Note ...: not applicable 66.1 67.4 69.7 62.2 Note ...: not applicable
University graduation 69.1 73.2 39.5 41.6 18.9 56.9 65.7 35.8 37.7 20.3
Langauge proficiency
English and/or French 79.1 82.8 51.6 94.5 99.9 86.7 84.3 46.7 99.0 99.9
None 20.9 17.2 48.4 5.5 0.1 13.3 15.7 53.4 1.0 this is a empty cell
... not applicable
Note: Live-in caregivers include those in the Foreign Domestic Workers Program before 1992.
Sources: Immigrant Landing File (1980 through 2006) linked to Discharge Abstract Database (2006/2007 through 2008/2009); 2006 Census linked to Discharge Abstract Database (2006/2007 through 2008/2009).

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