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Table 2 Weighted sample characteristics in first year of each SLID panel by gender

From: Wage returns to mid-career investments in job training through employer supported course enrollment: evidence for Canada

 

Panel 4

Panel 5

 

Male

Female

Male

Female

Employer-supported Course Enrollment

0.299

0.269

0.276

0.244

[2310]

[2277]

[2150]

[2089]

Employer-supported course enrolment intensity (in hours)

88.015

69.435

59.809

46.728

[2278]

[2259]

[2110]

[2057]

Education in first year of panel

High School

0.162

0.175

0.152

0.164

[1072]

[1234]

[1065]

[1220]

Post-Secondary (no certificate)

0.128

0.119

0.130

0.126

[762]

[781]

[767]

[825]

Post-Secondary (with certificate)

0.350

0.367

0.370

0.374

[2315]

[2761]

[2361]

[2706]

Bachelor degree (only)

0.136

0.153

0.137

0.162

[723]

[968]

[737]

[1037]

Above Bachelor degree

0.076

0.054

0.076

0.057

[394]

[316]

[370]

[348]

Job characteristics:

Hourly wage rate

22.549

17.634

21.869

17.286

(11.627)

(9.324)

(11.828)

(9.545)

[4931]

[5087]

[4993]

[5247]

Tenure of job (in months)

136.080

113.800

134.481

111.671

[6409]

[6532]

[6398]

[6502]

Demographics

Age

40.700

40.814

40.492

40.403

[7030]

[7623]

[6968]

[7474]

Visible Minority

0.142

0.147

0.161

0.170

[497]

[561]

[594]

[669]

Immigrant

0.207

0.222

0.198

0.216

[791]

[934]

[833]

[955]

Recent immigrant (<10 years)

0.063

0.066

0.056

0.074

[216]

[258]

[225]

[299]

Recent immigrant (<5 years)

0.033

0.039

0.033

0.042

[119]

[149]

[131]

[167]

Married

0.601

0.609

0.555

0.588

[4471]

[4890]

[4148]

[4601]

Total Observations

7030

7623

6968

7474

  1. Note:
  2. 1. Weighted sub-sample size for each characteristic is presented in square brackets. The sample mean is calculated by applying weights, but the sample size is the one without weights.
  3. 2. The statistical summaries are restricted to the population aged from 25 to 55 years old.
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