Table 1
Percentage distribution across income quintiles and educational attainment categories, household population aged 25 or older, Canada, 1991 to 2011


Table 1
Percentage distribution across income quintiles and educational attainment categories, household population aged 25 or older, Canada, 1991 to 2011
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Le tableau montre les résultats de Percentage distribution across income quintiles and educational attainment categories 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 et 2011, calculées selon weighted % unités de mesure (figurant comme en-tête de colonne).
1991 1996 2001 2006 2011
Men number
Sample size 1,290,500 1,548,400 1,544,600 1,904,900 2,176,400
weighted %
Income quintile
Q1 (lowest quintile) 16.9 17.6 17.0 17.7 18.0
Q2 19.9 19.5 19.5 19.5 19.4
Q3 20.7 20.5 20.6 20.5 20.4
Q4 21.2 21.0 21.2 21.0 20.9
Q5 (highest quintile) 21.3 21.4 21.6 21.4 21.3
Educational attainment
Less than secondary graduation 35.7 32.1 28.7 19.9 17.1
Secondary graduation or trades certificate 37.2 36.6 36.9 37.9 38.1
Postsecondary diploma but not a university degree 12.1 14.8 15.8 21.0 21.5
University degree or equivalent 14.9 16.5 18.6 21.3 23.3
Women
Sample size 1,312,300 1,655,300 1,648,500 2,046,400 2,349,900
   weighted %
Income quintile
Q1 (lowest quintile) 22.9 22.3 22.8 22.1 21.8
Q2 20.1 20.5 20.5 20.5 20.5
Q3 19.4 19.6 19.4 19.6 19.6
Q4 18.8 19.0 18.9 19.1 19.2
Q5 (highest quintile) 18.8 18.7 18.5 18.7 18.8
Educational attainment
Less than secondary graduation 38.1 33.5 29.5 20.4 17.1
Secondary graduation or trades certificate 34.0 32.9 32.5 33.3 32.0
Postsecondary diploma but not a university degree 17.0 20.2 21.6 26.1 27.2
University degree or equivalent 10.9 13.4 16.4 20.1 23.7
Note: Sample sizes rounded to the nearest 100.
Source: Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort, 1991 to 2011, Statistics Canada.

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