Table 3
Select demographic characteristics, by past week labour force status


Table 3
Select demographic characteristics, by past week labour force status
Table summary
This table displays the results of Select demographic characteristics Canadian Community Health Survey cycle, 1.1 CCHS (2000 and 2001), 2007 and 2008 CCHS, 2015 and 2016 CCHS, Employed, Unemployed and Not participating in labour force, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Canadian Community Health Survey cycle
1.1 CCHS (2000 and 2001) 2007 and 2008 CCHS 2015 and 2016 CCHS
Employed Unemployed Not participating in labour force Employed Unemployed Not participating in labour force Employed Unemployed Not participating in labour force
percent
Sex
Female 45 48 70 47 40 66 47 37 68
Male 55 52 30 53 60 34 53 63 32
Age (years)
Younger than 20 2 6 1 2 5 1 1 6 1
20 to 29 19 30 11 20 28 10 18 29 10
30 to 39 27 24 17 24 23 12 23 22 16
40 to 49 30 24 19 28 20 16 25 16 15
50 to 59 18 14 29 22 20 32 24 21 28
60 and older 3 2 23 5 4 29 8 6 29
Provincial region
Maritimes 7 10 10 13 14 15 12 21 16
Quebec 24 30 27 57 68 64 N/A N/A N/A
Ontario 39 33 35 N/A N/A N/A 75 69 72
Prairies 17 12 14 29 18 21 13 9 11
British Columbia 13 14 13 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Territories <1 1 <1 <1 1 <1 <1 <1 <1
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant 80 76 76 86 81 88 72 70 75
ImmigrantTable 3 Note ‡ 20 24 24 14 19 12 28 30 25
Self-reported race or ethnicity
White 86 78 84 88 81 89 72 64 73
Other ethnicities 13 19 14 10 15 8 24 29 20
Indigenous living off reserve 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 7 7
Highest level of education
Less than high school 14 23 35 10 20 28 6 12 17
High school diploma 29 31 28 21 24 25 21 28 28
College diploma or equivalent 36 29 25 44 37 33 39 35 34
Bachelor's degree 21 17 12 24 19 14 33 25 21
Experienced a MDE in the past year
Yes 7 14 12 6 13 9 5 12 15
Self-reported anxiety disorder
Yes N/A N/A N/A 4 7 11 7 13 17
Self-reported anxiety disorder and MDE in the past year
Yes N/A N/A N/A 1 2 4 2 4 7
Note ‡

lower proportion of immigrant participants may have been seen in the 2007 to 2008 CCHS cycle because the MDE instrument was not included in the CCHS questionnaires administed in Ontario and British Columbia.

Return to note ‡ referrer

N/A indicates no available data.
Note: Percentage estimates are weighted and rounded. CCHS: Canadian Community Health Survey. MDE: major depressive episode.
Source: Canadian Community Health Survey.

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