HRDC - Youth Employment Strategy: A Formative Evaluation of Youth Internship Canada and Other HRDC Youth Initiatives

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Appendix A: Profile of YIC Participants

Youth Internship Canada

Exhibit A1 presents a profile of participants in Youth Internship Canada (YIC). This profile was developed from information obtained from the survey of YIC participants. A discussion of this profile is presented in Section 3.5.

Exhibit A1 Demographic, Social and Program Characteristics of YIC Participants
Gender	Female	42%
	Male	58%
	(N)* = (400)

Age (in 1997)	Less than 20	16%
	20s	77%
	30s	5%
	40s	1%
	(N)* = (394)

Marital status	Single (never married)	81%
	Married or common law	16%
	Separated, divorced or widowed	3%
	(N)* = (399)

Number of financially dependent children under 13	None	87%
	One	8%
	Two or more	5%
	(N)* = (325)

Formal education level	Less than high school	12%
	Graduated from high school	22%
	Some post-secondary	18%
	College certificate or diploma	27%
	University degree	21%
	(N)* = (399)

Region	Atlantic	18%
	Ontario	25%
	Quebec	22%
	West	34%
	(N)* = (400)

Project status	Ongoing	31%
	Completed project	56%
	Left project early	13%
	(N)* = (385)

* = the number of respondents

Last Modified: 2001-03-06	Important Notices