Table 13.

Canada Manpower Training Programs Female trainees by age, marital status, number of
dependents, level of schooling, and prior labour force status (Canada, 1977)

Institutional Trainees
___________________________________________Industrial
Skill Language BTSD Apprentice
  Total 1 Trainees Trainees Trainees - ship Trainees
_______________________________________________________
AGE
             
under 20 years 14.7% 9.5% 4.5% 21.7% 24.3% 17.5%
             
20 - 24 " 30.4 31.3 22.5 29.8 44.4 30.5
             
25 - 29 " 17.6 18.4 27.8 15.1 14.5 16.5
             
30 - 34 " 12.3 12.5 17.7 11.3 7.7 10.5
             
35 - " 25.0 28.3 27.5 22.1 9.1 25.0
             
MARITAL STATUS            
             
Single (never married) 40.3 37.7 21.7 46.7 42.4
  not  
Married 40.3 42.3 71.4 32.3 available 46.8
             
Other 19.4 20.0 6.9 21.0 10.8
             
             
NUMBER of DEPENDENTS
  None 79.8 80.9 90.9 76.6 90.4 84.5
             
  One 10.3 10.0 4.8 11.6 5.0 7.7
             
  Two or more. 9.9 9.1 4.3 11.8 4.6 7.8
           
LEVEL of SCHOOLING
  0 - 8 years 24.2 10.8 22.0 39.4 15.1
           
  9 - 11 " 50.3 50.9 24.9 54.3 not 40.0
         available  
  12 - 13 " 20.0 31.9 28.9 5.1 35.6
            
   14 - " 5.5 6.4 24.2 1.2 9.3
             
PRIOR LABOUR FORCE   STATUS
  Employed 11.0 13.7 9.6 8.2
         not not
  Unemployed 65.2 63.3 74.4 65.7 available available
            
  Not in labour force 23.8 23.0 16.0 26.1


Source:

CEIC, Program Analysis Division, Employment Training Branch, Unpublished statistics, PAD 78-135, 78-144, 78-224,78-256. (1977-78)




1. Totals are for General Purchase Trainees which include Skill, Language and BTSD Trainees but not Apprenticeship Trainees.



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