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Table 4 Paid work participation and time spent

Population

Participation
rate


Time per day
(participants)


Time per day
(population)


Tobit estimates1
predicting
minutes per day

’000
%
 
Hours : minutes
Total
1,228
21
5:04
1:05
…
 
Age
15 to 17
676
14
4:33
:39
-47
***
18 to 19
552
30
5:22
1:36
ref
 
Boys
593
19
5:03
:59
-16
Girls
635
23
5:04
1:10
ref
 
Immigrant parents
Boy
132
F
F
F
…
Girl
128
F
F
F
…
Canadian-born parent(s)
Boy
453
21
4:59
1:01
E
…
Girl
494
25
5:05
1:18
…
 
Two parents (intact family)
862
22
5:11
1:08
ref
Two parents (blended family)
132
24
E
4:08
E
:59
7
One parent
235
18
E
5:15
:56
E
-9
 
Education level of parents
Both university
213
16
E
3:45
:36
E
ref
Mixed
358
27
4:24
1:10
33
*
Both high school or less
384
22
6:21
1:23
33
 
School day
773
17
4:00
:42
-37
***
Non-school day
456
28
6:12
1:43
ref
 
Urban
979
21
5:03
1:05
7
Rural
250
21
E
5:06
1:04
E
ref

1 This is the marginal effect each variable has on the time spent doing daily paid work.
* Regression results statistically significant at the <.10 level; ** <.05 level, *** <.01 level from the reference (ref) group.
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2005