| 1 | A | B | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | predicted probabilities of experiencing persistent overqualification, based on certain characteristics, by immigration status and location of study, canada, 2006 and 2016 |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | non-immigrants | immigrants |  |
| 4 |  |  | studied in canada | studied outside canada |
| 5 |  | predicted probability |  |  |
| 6 | sex |  |  |  |
| 7 | women | 3.6 | 4.7 | 15.0 |
| 8 | men | 3.5 | 4.4 | 13.2 |
| 9 | highest level of educational attainment |  |  |  |
| 10 | bachelor's degree without further studies | 4.7 | 6.4 | 16.8 |
| 11 | bachelor's degree with further studies | 1.4 | 2.7 | 11.7 |
| 12 | university certificate or diploma above bachelor level without further studies | 1.8 | 1.2 | 13.8 |
| 13 | university certificate or diploma above bachelor level with further studies | 1.0 | 0.7 | 10.7 |
| 14 | degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry | 0.2 | 0.5 | 10.1 |
| 15 | master's degree without further studies | 1.0 | 1.1 | 9.5 |
| 16 | master's degree with further studies | 0.1 | ne | 2.1 |
| 17 | doctorate acquired | 0.2 | ne | 2.4 |
| 18 | field of study |  |  |  |
| 19 | education | 1.5 | 3.0 | 17.7 |
| 20 | visual and performing arts, and communications technologies | 6.0 | 8.7 | 15.1 |
| 21 | humanities | 8.9 | 8.7 | 24.8 |
| 22 | social and behavioural sciences and law | 5.6 | 7.8 | 19.7 |
| 23 | business, management and public administration | 3.3 | 4.6 | 15.9 |
| 24 | physical and life sciences and technologies | 4.2 | 4.4 | 14.5 |
| 25 | mathematics, computer and information sciences | 1.4 | 1.5 | 8.0 |
| 26 | architecture, engineering, and related technologies | 1.0 | 2.9 | 10.5 |
| 27 | agriculture, natural resources and conservation | 4.2 | 7.2 | 25.4 |
| 28 | health and related fields | 1.7 | 2.6 | 9.9 |
| 29 | other | 10.1 | ne | 18.3 |
| 30 | level of familiarity with official languages |  |  |  |
| 31 | 1. highest level | 3.3 | 2.9 | 7.9 |
| 32 | 2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
| 33 | 3 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 10.4 |
| 34 | 4 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 12.5 |
| 35 | 5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 14.0 |
| 36 | 6. lowest level | 5.0 | 6.7 | 16.1 |
| 37 | location of study |  |  |  |
| 38 | canada | 3.5 | .. | .. |
| 39 | north america | .. | .. | 7.3 |
| 40 | central and south america | .. | .. | 8.2 |
| 41 | caribbean and bermuda | .. | .. | 15.2 |
| 42 | western europe | .. | .. | 6.9 |
| 43 | eastern europe | .. | .. | 11.6 |
| 44 | northern europe | .. | .. | 5.2 |
| 45 | southern europe | .. | .. | 8.8 |
| 46 | sub-saharan africa | .. | .. | 10.2 |
| 47 | northern africa | .. | .. | 8.5 |
| 48 | west central asia | .. | .. | 10.4 |
| 49 | eastern asia | .. | .. | 10 |
| 50 | southeast asia | .. | .. | 23.6 |
| 51 | southern asia | .. | .. | 22 |
| 52 | oceania | .. | .. | 11.3 |
| 53 | outside canada | 4.7 | .. | .. |

Question: what were the predicted probabilities of persistent overqualification among immigrants with a master's degree obtained outside canada (without further studies) and their immigrant counterparts who obtained the same degree in canada respectively?
Answer: 9.5, 1.1

Question: what were the predicted probabilities of persistent overqualification for immigrants who completed their studies outside canada and whose highest level of educational attainment was a degree in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine or optometry and those non-immigrants respectively?
Answer: 10.1, 0.2