Table 8
Percentage of employed women and men working part-time by age, 1976 to 2009
| Year | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 to 24 | 25 to 44 | 45 to 54 | 55 to 64 | |||||
| percentage | ||||||||
| 1976 | 24.8 | 17.9 | 21.8 | 1.5 | 24.0 | 1.4 | 24.7 | 3.7 |
| 1981 | 29.0 | 21.3 | 23.1 | 2.1 | 27.3 | 2.1 | 27.6 | 4.3 |
| 1986 | 37.4 | 28.2 | 22.7 | 3.1 | 26.7 | 2.8 | 30.3 | 6.7 |
| 1991 | 45.1 | 36.5 | 22.3 | 3.9 | 24.0 | 3.4 | 32.0 | 8.6 |
| 1996 | 53.0 | 38.6 | 23.1 | 5.1 | 23.1 | 4.3 | 32.3 | 9.9 |
| 2001 | 50.4 | 36.8 | 21.1 | 4.7 | 21.3 | 4.4 | 29.1 | 9.9 |
| 2002 | 52.4 | 37.6 | 21.2 | 4.9 | 21.5 | 4.5 | 31.3 | 10.8 |
| 2003 | 52.8 | 37.7 | 21.2 | 4.9 | 21.3 | 4.7 | 31.0 | 10.7 |
| 2004 | 52.2 | 37.4 | 20.5 | 4.7 | 20.6 | 4.3 | 29.6 | 10.7 |
| 2005 | 52.4 | 36.8 | 20.0 | 4.9 | 20.1 | 4.5 | 29.3 | 10.3 |
| 2006 | 51.5 | 36.6 | 19.3 | 4.7 | 19.5 | 4.5 | 28.3 | 10.6 |
| 2007 | 52.5 | 36.9 | 19.1 | 4.8 | 19.0 | 4.4 | 28.5 | 10.6 |
| 2008 | 52.6 | 37.2 | 18.9 | 5.2 | 19.6 | 4.4 | 28.2 | 10.4 |
| 2009 | 54.8 | 38.7 | 19.5 | 5.8 | 20.0 | 5.1 | 28.3 | 11.9 |
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Note:
Part-time is expressed as a percentage of total employed. Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey. |
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