Table 5 Field of study for those with post-secondary qualifications, 1986–2006a
Interprovincial migrants | Immigrants | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Post-secondary | University only | All Post-secondary | University only | |||||
1986 | 2006b | 1986 | 2006b | 1986 | 2006b | 1986 | 2006b | |
Men: | ||||||||
Education | 5.0 | 4.3 | 8.2 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
Fine and applied arts | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
Humanities | 6.7 | 7.9 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 4.4 |
Social Sciences | 11.3 | 12.5 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 6.7 |
Business | 14.7 | 13.7 | 20.2 | 18.0 | 15.2 | 18.9 | 20.1 | 19.9 |
Secretarial | 1.2 | NA | NA | NA | 1.6 | NA | NA | NA |
Biology, Agricultural sciences | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 3.6 |
Engineering | 7.5 | 9.1 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 14.7 | 30.8 | 26.8 | 37.4 |
Trades and Technology | 35.9 | 33.3 | NA | NA | 28.6 | 12.0 | NA | NA |
Health | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 8.0 | 5.2 |
Mathematics/physical sciences | 5.3 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 14.0 | 16.9 |
Women: | ||||||||
Education | 13.1 | 11.9 | 22.1 | 14.9 | 10.1 | 7.2 | 13.4 | 7.2 |
Fine and applied arts | 8.5 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
Humanities | 7.7 | 9.7 | 14.7 | 14.3 | 9.3 | 11.2 | 16.1 | 12.4 |
Social Sciences | 9.9 | 15.0 | 19.4 | 21.6 | 8.1 | 11.1 | 13.2 | 12.2 |
Business | 11.9 | 23.0 | 11.1 | 15.5 | 12.4 | 24.9 | 14.4 | 23.3 |
Secretarialc | 17.2 | NA | NA | NA | 16.0 | NA | NA | NA |
Biology, Agricultural sciences | 5.1 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 5.5 |
Engineering | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 2.3 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 12.0 |
Trades and Technologyc | 4.0 | 4.8 | NA | NA | 5.8 | 3.1 | NA | NA |
Health | 19.2 | 16.9 | 13.2 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 12.0 |
Mathematics/physical sciences | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 9.0 | 11.6 |