Table 9
Reasons for part-time employment by age, 2009

Table 9
Reasons for part-time employment by age, 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of Reasons for part-time employment by age. This information begins with the first row header as Reasons. The following columns are grouped by Women, Men, each listed with the respective age groups as series 15 to 24, 25 to 44, 45 and over, Total appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Reasons Women Men
15 to 24 25 to 44 45 and
over		 Total 15 to 24 25 to 44 45 and
over		 Total
percentage
Own illness 0.5 2.9 6.5 3.5 0.6 5.6 6.5 3.7
Caring for own children 1.4 34.2 5.5 13.4 F 3.2 1.1 1.1
Other personal/family responsibilities 0.7 4.3 5.9 3.8 0.5 1.7 1.8 1.2
Going to school 71.9 7.6 0.9 25.0 73.3 19.5 0.7 37.0
Personal preference 5.9 17.7 54.7 27.7 4.6 16.8 56.9 25.0
Other voluntary 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.9 1.3 1.1
Others 19.2 32.4 26.0 25.9 20.5 51.2 31.7 30.9
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
in thousands
Total employed part-time 673.9 694.6 805.6 2174.2 464.7 226.2 355.5 1046.4
percentage
Percentage employed part-time 54.8 19.5 24.6 26.9 38.7 5.8 9.6 11.9
Note: Others includes business conditions and unable to find work.
Source: Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey.
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