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Table 7 Distribution of temporary foreign workers by the number of years with positive total employment earnings in the sample, 1996 to 2012

From: Acquisition of permanent residence by temporary foreign workers in Canada: a panel study of labour market outcomes before and after the status transition

Number of years

Distribution

 

Percent

Cumulative percent

1

2.89

2.89

2

3.97

6.86

3

5.12

11.98

4

6.73

18.71

5

14.07

32.78

6

20.46

53.24

7

20.63

73.88

8

14.76

88.64

9

7.23

95.86

10

2.85

98.71

11

1.29

100.00

  1. Note: The numbers are calculated from the sample including temporary foreign workers who had total earnings (T4 and T1) more than $1000 (in 2012 constant dollars) in at least 1 year over the period of up to 5 years before and after the transition to permanent residency. Sources: Statistics Canada, Temporary Residents file, Immigrant Landing file and Canadian Employer-Employee Dynamics Database
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