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The structure of the community rehabilitation workforce in Alberta today looks like this:
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Full-time and Part-time Work
Generally speaking, out of every 10 workers:
- 5 are permanent, full-time workers
- 3 are permanent, part-time workers,
- 2 are variable, casual or on-call workers
Gender
Far more women than men (8 out of 10) work in the community rehabilitation profession.
It is expected this trend will continue, as far more women than men (9 out of 10) are currently enrolled in community rehabilitation programs at Alberta colleges and universities.
Education
Our survey asked about the highest level of education achieved. We found that, for every 100 people employed in the community rehabilitation workforce today:
- 2 had not finished high school
- 26 had a high school diploma
- 15 had a college diploma
- 13 had taken some university courses
- 12 had a university degree
- 33 did not provide an answer to this question
Age Distribution
Our survey found that, generally speaking, for every 100 people employed in the PDD community rehabilitation workforce today:
- 16 are between 18 and 25 years of age
- 27 are 26-35 years old
- 24 are 36-45 years old
- 20 are 46- 55 years
- 9 are over 55 years, and
- 5 did not say
Age Trends
- The largest proportion of workers is 26 to 35 years of age.
- Nine out of 10 employees under the age of 26 are direct service employees.
- Nearly half of direct service workers are under the age of 36 years.
Last modified
2005-10-28 13:00
