| 1 | A | B | C | D | E |
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| 2 | distribution of workers aged 25 to 64 with a university degree by skill level of current job, 2012 |  |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | distribution across characteristics | in a job requesting a high school-level education or lower | in a job requesting a college-level education | in a job requesting a university-level education |
| 4 |  | percent |  |  |  |
| 5 | total | 100.0 | 12.2 | 19.1 | 68.7 |
| 6 | gender |  |  |  |  |
| 7 | male | 48.1 | 12.3 | 17.3 | 70.4 |
| 8 | female | 51.9 | 12.2 | 20.7 | 67.1 |
| 9 | age group |  |  |  |  |
| 10 | 25 to 39 | 43.8 | 12.3 | 17.2 | 70.6 |
| 11 | 40 to 54 | 38.5 | 11.9 | 21.4 | 66.7 |
| 12 | 55 to 64 | 17.7 | 13.2 | 19.1 | 67.7 |
| 13 | place of birth, location of highest degree |  |  |  |  |
| 14 | born in canada | 61.6 | 8.1 | 16.0 | 75.8 |
| 15 | foreign-born / canadian degree | 13.5 | 4.7 | 18.2 | 77.0 |
| 16 | foreign-born / foreign degree | 24.9 | 26.6 | 27.5 | 45.9 |
| 17 | field of study |  |  |  |  |
| 18 | stem | 29.6 | 9.6 | 21.3 | 69.1 |
| 19 | humanities, languages, arts | 13.8 | 21.1 | 23.3 | 55.6 |
| 20 | social science, business, law | 31.0 | 13.5 | 19.7 | 66.8 |
| 21 | teacher and related | 15.3 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 79.5 |
| 22 | health and welfare | 10.4 | 6.3 | 17.0 | 76.7 |
| 23 | literacy proficiency level |  |  |  |  |
| 24 | level 0 or 1 | 6.0 | 34.1 | 31.2 | 34.6 |
| 25 | level 2 | 21.1 | 20.6 | 24.7 | 54.7 |
| 26 | level 3 | 44.0 | 9.9 | 19.6 | 70.5 |
| 27 | level 4 or 5 | 29.0 | 6.8 | 12.9 | 80.3 |
| 28 | numeracy proficiency level |  |  |  |  |
| 29 | level 0 or 1 | 8.3 | 32.5 | 29.0 | 38.5 |
| 30 | level 2 | 23.3 | 18.5 | 23.2 | 58.3 |
| 31 | level 3 | 42.0 | 9.3 | 18.8 | 71.9 |
| 32 | level 4 or 5 | 26.4 | 6.2 | 13.7 | 80.1 |
| 33 | province/region |  |  |  |  |
| 34 | atlantic | 5.4 | 9.2 | 12.5 | 78.3 |
| 35 | quebec | 21.5 | 8.1 | 16.9 | 75.0 |
| 36 | ontario | 42.7 | 12.7 | 18.0 | 69.4 |
| 37 | manitoba and saskatchewan | 5.2 | 15.2 | 18.4 | 66.4 |
| 38 | alberta | 11.3 | 13.0 | 23.2 | 63.8 |
| 39 | british columbia and the territories | 14.0 | 16.9 | 26.0 | 57.1 |
| 40 | mother tongue |  |  |  |  |
| 41 | english | 46.8 | 9.1 | 17.4 | 73.5 |
| 42 | french | 17.5 | 4.7 | 14.3 | 81.0 |
| 43 | other | 35.6 | 20.4 | 24.1 | 55.5 |
| 44 | lives with spouse/partner |  |  |  |  |
| 45 | no | 24.3 | 14.9 | 19.7 | 65.3 |
| 46 | yes | 75.7 | 11.4 | 18.9 | 69.7 |
| 47 | has a child in the home |  |  |  |  |
| 48 | no | 32.6 | 11.5 | 19.1 | 69.4 |
| 49 | yes | 67.4 | 12.6 | 19.1 | 68.2 |
| 50 | extent of long-term illness/health problem |  |  |  |  |
| 51 | no health limitation | 73.6 | 12.2 | 18.7 | 69.1 |
| 52 | illness exists but is not limiting | 12.8 | 9.7 | 17.9 | 72.3 |
| 53 | illness is limiting, including severely | 13.6 | 15.2 | 23.4 | 61.4 |

Question: what's the percentage of working adults aged 25 to 64 with a university education who stated that their job only required a high school education.
Answer: 12.2

Question: among working adults aged 25 to 64 with a university education,what were the percentages of those who thought that their job required a college-level education and required a university education respectively?
Answer: 19.1, 68.7

Question: what's the percentage of the "overqualified" population"--those who reported that their job required no more than a high school education.
Answer: 12.2

Question: which group's proportion did not vary across age groups or gender?
Answer: in a job requesting a high school-level education or lower

Question: what's the percentage of foreign-born workers with a foreign university degree who reported that they were in a job requiring a high school education.
Answer: 26.6

Question: what's the percentage of university graduates whose mother tongue was neither english nor french and said they were working in a job that required no more than a high school diploma.
Answer: 20.4

Question: among people who had a degree in humanities, languages or arts,what's the percentage of those who said that they were working in a high school-level position.
Answer: 21.1

Question: among people who had a degree in social science, business or law ,what's the percentage of those who said that they were working in a high school-level position.
Answer: 13.5

Question: among university graduates whose literacy skills were in the lowest range (levels 0 and 1) and in level 2 ,what were the percentages of those who reported that their current job required no more than a high school education respectively?
Answer: 34.1, 20.6

Question: among university graduates whose literacy skills in level 3 and in level 4 or level 5,what were the percentages of those who reported that their job required no more than a high school diploma respectively?
Answer: 9.9, 6.8