Table 6.5 (Model 6.4)
Adjusted odds ratios for working in the best corresponding or equivalent occupations among paid workers aged 25 to 64 with credentials leading to the eight selected occupations, Canada, 2006

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Effect Architect Engineer Medical laboratory technologist and pathologists' assistant Nurse supervisor and registered nurse Licensed practical nurse Pharmacist Physiotherapist Financial auditor and accountant
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odds ratio
Province and territory  
Ontario1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Atlantic provinces 1.53 0.82Note *** 1.68Note ** 1.28Note ** 0.98 0.56Note ** 1.44Note * 0.61Note ***
Quebec 1.13 1.11Note *** 1.56Note *** 1.33Note *** 1.04 0.89 1.15 0.75Note ***
Manitoba 1.90Note * 0.71Note *** 2.20Note ** 0.95 0.78Note *** 1.10 1.01 0.97
Saskatchewan 0.78 0.86Note * 1.53Note * 0.96 0.99 1.67 0.52Note *** 1.00
Alberta 1.19 1.15Note *** 1.26Note * 0.95 0.67Note *** 0.82 0.33Note *** 1.11Note **
British Columbia 1.40Note ** 0.84Note *** 1.10 0.86Note ** 0.66Note *** 0.56Note *** 0.75Note ** 1.03
Territories 7.12 1.02 2.48 0.99 0.84 0.54 0.41 1.31
Area of residence  
Population centre1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Rural area 0.68Note * 0.71Note *** 0.82Note * 0.83Note ** 0.94Note * 1.43Note * 0.60Note *** 0.88Note ***
* p ≤ 0.05
** p ≤ 0.01
*** p ≤ 0.001
1. Reference category.
Notes: Includes paid workers aged 25 to 64 who reported a postsecondary credential in a field of study that would normally lead to work in one of the eight selected occupations identified in the Pan-Canadian Framework for the Assessment and Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
Model 6.4: After controlling for immigrant status, region of education, sex, age group, marital status, presence of children, province, territory and area of residence.
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