TABLE 1—
Descriptive Statistics of New Immigrants by Gender at the Baseline Survey: Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada, Wave 1, 2001–2002
| Variables and Values | Men, No. (%) or Mean ± SD | Women, No. (%) or Mean ± SD | Total, No. (%) or Mean ± SD |
| Total | 3309 (49.7) | 3351 (50.3) | 6660 (100) |
| Ethnicity | |||
| European | 548 (16.5) | 536 (16.0) | 1084 (16.3) |
| Arab–African | 487 (14.7) | 416 (12.4) | 903 (13.5) |
| West Asian | 164 (5.0) | 166 (5.0) | 330 (5.0) |
| South Asian | 816 (24.7) | 845 (25.2) | 1661 (24.9) |
| Chinese | 695 (21.0) | 749 (22.3) | 1444 (21.7) |
| East Asian | 435 (13.1) | 431 (12.9) | 866 (13.0) |
| Latin American | 164 (5.0) | 208 (6.2) | 372 (5.6) |
| Age, y | 35.6 ± 8.2 | 34.0 ± 8.7 | 34.8 ± 8.4 |
| 20–29 | 787 (23.8) | 1134 (33.8) | 1921 (28.8) |
| 30–39 | 1564 (47.3) | 1400 (41.7) | 2964 (44.5) |
| 40–49 | 742 (22.4) | 593 (17.3) | 1335 (20.1) |
| 50–59 | 216 (6.5) | 224 (12.9) | 440 (6.6) |
| Marital status | |||
| Married or common law | 2673 (80.8) | 2897 (86.4) | 5570 (83.6) |
| Never married | 589 (17.8) | 333 (10.0) | 922 (13.9) |
| Previously married | 46 (3.5) | 121 (3.6) | 167 (2.5) |
| Education | |||
| Graduate school | 828 (25.0) | 544 (16.3) | 1372 (20.6) |
| College or university | 2028 (61.3) | 2039 (60.8) | 4067 (61.1) |
| ≤ high school | 453 (13.7) | 768 (22.9) | 1221 (18.3) |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed, full time | 1712 (51.7) | 886 (26.4) | 2598 (39.0) |
| Employed, part time | 205 (6.2) | 345 (10.3) | 550 (8.3) |
| Employed, self-employment | 151 (4.6) | 67 (2.0) | 218 (3.3) |
| Unemployed | 765 (23.1) | 456 (13.6) | 1221 (18.3) |
| Student or homemaker | 476 (14.4) | 1597 (47.6) | 2073 (31.1) |
| Income, Can$ | 17 026 ± 67 233 | 17 326 ± 55 351 | 17 175 ± 61 290 |
| ≥ 40 000 | 214 (6.5) | 269 (8.0) | 483 (7.2) |
| 20 000–40 000 | 446 (13.5) | 518 (15.5) | 964 (14.5) |
| < 20 000 | 2649 (80.0) | 2564 (76.5) | 5213 (78.3) |
| Language fluency | |||
| Excellent | 1820 (55.0) | 1384 (41.3) | 3204 (48.1) |
| Average | 695 (21.0) | 731 (21.8) | 1426 (21.4) |
| Poor | 794 (24.0) | 1236 (36.9) | 2030 (30.5) |
| Perceived discrimination: ever discriminated against in Canada | 1077 (32.6) | 943 (28.1) | 2020 (30.3) |
| Social networks at arrival | |||
| Had relatives in Canada | 1577 (47.7) | 1871 (55.8) | 3448 (51.8) |
| Had close friends | 2166 (65.5) | 1841 (54.9) | 4007 (60.2) |
| Had close relations with ethnic community members | 2381 (71.9) | 2462 (73.5) | 4843 (72.7) |
| Social activities | 835 (25.2) | 716 (21.4) | 1551 (23.3) |