Appendix Table 13: Labour Force Participation and Employment Rates, 1996
Ratio of the Number of
Unemployment Rate |
Employment Rate |
Participation Rate |
Persons with Positive Income and Total _____WAP | |
North American Indians | ||||
Less than Grade 5 |
24.2 |
14.5 |
19.1 |
20.1 |
Grades 5 to 8 |
36.1 |
22.8 |
35.6 |
32.1 |
Grades 9 to 13 |
32.9 |
30.2 |
45.0 |
44.2 |
Secondary - high school graduation certificate |
20.6 |
53.3 |
67.2 |
68.1 |
Trades certificate or diploma |
25.5 |
55.9 |
75.1 |
69.9 |
College: With trades certificate or diploma |
25.5 |
48.3 |
70.3 |
65.5 |
College: With college certificate or diploma |
17.7 |
58.6 |
78.7 |
71.0 |
University: With university or college certificate or diploma |
16.9 |
66.8 |
81.1 |
76.1 |
University: With bachelor or first professional degree |
8.5 |
52.9 |
76.3 |
67.9 |
University: With certificate or diploma above bachelor level |
7.7 |
65.9 |
79.2 |
69.1 |
University: With master’s degree[s] |
0.0 |
79.6 |
87.0 |
82.4 |
University: With earned doctorate |
0.0 |
78.3 |
84.8 |
76.1 |
College: Without trades or college certificate or diploma |
25.5 |
92.9 |
92.9 |
85.7 |
University: Without certificate, diploma or degree |
30.6 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
33.3 |
Total |
26.6 |
41.0 |
55.8 |
52.7 |
Metis | ||||
Less than Grade 5 |
12.0 |
17.6 |
20.0 |
17.6 |
Grades 5 to 8 |
35.8 |
25.3 |
39.5 |
33.6 |
Grades 9 to 13 |
25.6 |
41.9 |
56.3 |
53.5 |
Secondary - high school graduation certificate |
14.5 |
64.5 |
75.4 |
71.6 |
Trades certificate or diploma |
18.9 |
60.6 |
74.7 |
72.4 |
College: With trades certificate or diploma |
18.2 |
55.4 |
70.8 |
64.6 |
College: With college certificate or diploma |
16.1 |
71.1 |
86.9 |
79.4 |
University: With university or college certificate or diploma |
11.0 |
68.2 |
81.3 |
72.3 |
University: With bachelor or first professional degree |
8.2 |
67.8 |
82.2 |
80.0 |
University: With certificate or diploma above bachelor level |
23.1 |
77.4 |
87.0 |
80.8 |
University: With master’s degree[s] |
0.0 |
80.9 |
88.2 |
77.3 |
University: With earned doctorate |
50.0 |
58.8 |
76.5 |
64.7 |
College: Without trades or college certificate or diploma |
21.8 |
93.8 |
93.8 |
93.8 |
University: Without certificate, diploma or degree |
17.6 |
25.0 |
50.0 |
75.0 |
Total |
20.3 |
51.9 |
65.1 |
60.3 |
Inuits | ||||
Less than Grade 5 |
12.0 |
30.1 |
34.2 |
32.9 |
Grades 5 to 8 |
28.8 |
34.1 |
47.8 |
56.5 |
Grades 9 to 13 |
23.7 |
41.1 |
53.9 |
64.4 |
Secondary - high school graduation certificate |
20.0 |
53.3 |
66.7 |
70.0 |
Trades certificate or diploma |
16.7 |
64.5 |
77.4 |
77.4 |
College: With trades certificate or diploma |
14.8 |
62.3 |
64.2 |
79.2 |
College: With college certificate or diploma |
20.7 |
74.2 |
87.1 |
93.5 |
University: With university or college certificate or diploma |
30.0 |
53.5 |
67.4 |
81.4 |
University: With bachelor or first professional degree |
0.0 |
46.2 |
84.6 |
61.5 |
University: With certificate or diploma above bachelor level |
n.a. |
70.0 |
100.0 |
90.0 |
University: With master’s degree[s] |
100.0 |
91.7 |
91.7 |
75.0 |
University: With earned doctorate |
n.a. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
College: Without trades or college certificate or diploma |
2.9 |
0.0 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
University: Without certificate, diploma or degree |
45.5 |
na |
na |
na |
Total |
20.6 |
45.8 |
57.6 |
64.4 |
Source: Census 1996, Public Use Microdata Files
Note: When n.a. appears, the census data indicate that there are no people in the particular education/ethnic subset necessary to calculate an
unemployment rate. In cases where extreme values are given, such as 0 per cent or 100 per cent, this is almost certainly caused by the limited sample size.
More intriguing information
1. Foreign Direct Investment and the Single Market2. Does Presenting Patients’ BMI Increase Documentation of Obesity?
3. Improvements in medical care and technology and reductions in traffic-related fatalities in Great Britain
4. The name is absent
5. Individual tradable permit market and traffic congestion: An experimental study
6. Sex differences in the structure and stability of children’s playground social networks and their overlap with friendship relations
7. Ultrametric Distance in Syntax
8. NATURAL RESOURCE SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH
9. The name is absent
10. THE WAEA -- WHICH NICHE IN THE PROFESSION?