TABLE 27


EFFECT OF AGE AND EDUCATION ON THE EARNINGS OF WOMEN AND MEN
RELATIVE TO THE AVERAGE INCOME OF MEN

(FULL-TIME, FULL-YEAR WORKERS IN 1980)

% of average male income earned by each group

University
Less than Grade Post-secondary courses or
Grade 9 9-13 non-university, degree
% % % %
         
WOMEN
         
Total: 47 57 68 98
         
Age        
15 - 24 37 48 54 65
25 - 44 47 60 70 97
45 - 64 49 61 73 117
         
MEN
         
Total: 79 91 102 145
         
Age        
15 - 24 53 63 70 75
25 - 44 81 93 102 134
45 - 64 81 104 112 184

Source: Statistics Canada, 1981 Census.



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