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Adamuti-Trache, Maria; Sweet, Robert – Gender and Education, 2008
This paper contrasts the profiles of women who choose to pursue vocational training in either public institutions (community colleges) or private institutions (career colleges) in Canada with particular attention given to respondents' life-course positions. The study employs 1998 Adult Education and Training Survey data. Correspondence analysis…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Private Colleges, Profiles, Females
Gluszynski, Tomasz – Human Resources Development Canada, 2002
In the last decade, there has been a greater demand for high skills to match jobs in the new economy. Are youth changing the time spent in schooling and work? Are youth studying longer? Are they working earlier? Are they combining work and studying? Are they training more? And finally, did the changes come at a price? Using the General Social…
Descriptors: Age, Females, Work Experience, Foreign Countries
Marshall, Victor W.; Mueller, Margaret M. – 2002
Canadian population trends were examined from a life course perspective to identify needed social policy changes. First, the following principles underpinning the life course perspective were discussed: (1) aging involves biological, psychological, and social processes; (2) human development and aging are lifelong processes; (3) individuals' and…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Age Differences, Age Groups, Aging (Individuals)