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Table 5.4
Percentage of women and men employed, by age, 1976 to 2004
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| Year | People aged | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | |||||
| Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
| % | ||||||||
| 1976 | 51.4 | 59.9 | 50.0 | 90.9 | 45.6 | 88.9 | 30.3 | 72.9 |
| 1977 | 51.6 | 59.8 | 51.3 | 90.0 | 45.4 | 87.8 | 29.7 | 71.0 |
| 1978 | 52.4 | 60.4 | 53.6 | 90.0 | 46.5 | 88.0 | 29.4 | 70.8 |
| 1979 | 54.6 | 63.1 | 55.7 | 90.7 | 48.2 | 88.2 | 31.4 | 71.3 |
| 1980 | 56.1 | 63.4 | 58.0 | 90.2 | 49.8 | 88.1 | 30.9 | 71.2 |
| 1981 | 57.2 | 63.5 | 60.3 | 90.1 | 51.8 | 88.4 | 31.1 | 70.4 |
| 1982 | 53.9 | 56.1 | 59.7 | 85.5 | 51.5 | 85.1 | 30.7 | 67.0 |
| 1983 | 53.9 | 55.3 | 60.5 | 84.0 | 52.8 | 84.8 | 30.0 | 65.2 |
| 1984 | 55.0 | 57.3 | 62.1 | 84.5 | 53.3 | 84.0 | 29.9 | 64.4 |
| 1985 | 56.2 | 58.6 | 63.7 | 85.4 | 56.4 | 84.3 | 30.8 | 62.8 |
| 1986 | 58.1 | 60.6 | 66.4 | 86.3 | 55.9 | 85.7 | 30.3 | 62.3 |
| 1987 | 59.4 | 62.5 | 67.5 | 87.1 | 58.5 | 86.7 | 31.6 | 61.1 |
| 1988 | 61.0 | 64.0 | 69.3 | 87.9 | 61.3 | 86.6 | 32.3 | 61.1 |
| 1989 | 61.9 | 64.7 | 70.5 | 87.8 | 63.3 | 86.8 | 31.7 | 60.8 |
| 1990 | 59.9 | 62.6 | 71.5 | 86.7 | 63.9 | 85.5 | 32.8 | 59.9 |
| 1991 | 57.6 | 57.1 | 70.4 | 83.6 | 64.2 | 84.1 | 32.3 | 57.0 |
| 1992 | 55.1 | 54.4 | 69.3 | 81.4 | 64.9 | 82.4 | 32.5 | 55.2 |
| 1993 | 53.2 | 53.4 | 69.1 | 81.7 | 65.2 | 81.8 | 32.3 | 53.9 |
| 1994 | 53.3 | 54.1 | 69.5 | 82.4 | 65.5 | 82.3 | 33.7 | 53.6 |
| 1995 | 53.1 | 54.3 | 70.3 | 83.0 | 66.5 | 82.7 | 33.2 | 53.1 |
| 1996 | 51.9 | 53.2 | 70.8 | 82.8 | 66.0 | 82.1 | 33.5 | 53.4 |
| 1997 | 50.2 | 52.7 | 71.9 | 84.0 | 67.7 | 82.4 | 33.8 | 54.9 |
| 1998 | 52.0 | 53.0 | 73.0 | 85.2 | 69.4 | 82.6 | 35.8 | 54.5 |
| 1999 | 53.7 | 55.4 | 74.2 | 85.8 | 70.5 | 83.5 | 37.0 | 56.5 |
| 2000 | 55.7 | 56.8 | 75.1 | 86.5 | 71.4 | 84.2 | 39.1 | 57.3 |
| 2001 | 56.2 | 56.6 | 75.3 | 85.9 | 72.3 | 84.0 | 39.4 | 57.3 |
| 2002 | 57.6 | 57.4 | 75.9 | 85.6 | 74.3 | 84.2 | 41.4 | 58.9 |
| 2003 | 58.5 | 57.9 | 76.2 | 86.1 | 75.4 | 84.5 | 45.3 | 60.8 |
| 2004 | 58.4 | 57.8 | 77.1 | 86.3 | 76.2 | 85.3 | 46.2 | 62.0 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. | ||||||||
