Table 1 Summary statistics by gender and prefiling status (1 year after arrival)

Age, marital status, and labor experience

Age at arrival (mean)

35.5

33.3

34.3

32.1

Married ^a

69.8

66.9

51.8

37.9

Foreign exper. (mean)

14.1

12.0

12.7

11.8

Highest educational attainment ^a

H.S. or less

18.9

21.9

18.9

32.0

Some P.S.

13.8

12.1

15.4

16.2

University

67.3

65.7

65.7

50.8

Region of origin ^a

Europe

22.6

28.2

24.9

19.8

Africa

9.9

10.9

8.5

5.8

Asia

61.2

44.2

56.2

55.8

Americas

5.6

9.4

9.2

12.6

USA

0.5

5.8

0.9

4.1

Oceania

0.2

1.3

0.3

1.4

Mother tongue/official language ^a

Engl./Engl.

7.3

19.7

10.2

18.0

Engl./both

0.3

1.2

0.7

1.1

Fren./Fren.

1.7

1.1

2.0

0.9

Fren./both

2.5

4.4

4.0

4.3

Neither/Engl.

55.8

56.4

50.5

59.7

Neither/Fren.

3.5

1.7

3.5

1.6

Neither/both

10.8

7.1

14.7

7.0

Neither/neither

18.2

7.1

14.2

5.0

Province of residence (tax-based)

Atlantic

0.8

3.2

0.5

1.0

Quebec

16.7

17.5

20.2

18.8

Ontario

54.2

43.3

49.1

42.8

Manitoba

2.9

4.9

3.1

3.2

Sask.

0.7

3.6

0.7

1.8

Alberta

7.6

12.1

6.7

10.6

B.C.

17.0

14.4

19.3

19.2

Earnings

Empl. earnings (mean)

24,300

47,100

18,600

23,800

Years of prefiling

Once

–

35.7

–

31.7

2–3

–

47.5

–

55.2

4–6

–

14.8

–

12.2

7+

–

1.9

–

1.0

No. of obs.

342,460

71,405

116,120

34,705