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Table 5 Proportions of generational groups reporting multiple ethnic identities in 2016 census

From: Ethnicity and nationality among Ethiopians in Canada’s census data: a consideration of overlapping and divergent identities

Ethnic origin

Total prop. reporting multiple

Prop. 1st gen. reporting multiple

Prop. 2nd gen.

Prop. 3rd gen.

Total (all ethnicities)

0.411

0.178

0.453

0.493

Southern and Eastern Africa

0.333

0.236

0.451

0.936

Amhara

0.536

0.489

0.676

1.00

Eritrean

0.183

0.136

0.304

0.947

Ethiopian

0.223

0.160

0.336

0.798

Kenyan

0.501

0.355

0.764

0.958

Oromo

0.282

0.243

0.353

1.00

Somali

0.125

0.081

0.179

0.662