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  • 1. Problem-solving Skills and Labour Market Outcomes - Results from the Latest Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201200111651
    Description:

    The Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey assessed four foundation skills thought to be essential for social, professional and economic success - prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy and problem solving. Eleven countries, including Canada, participated in the most recent Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, which was conducted in two main waves between 2002 and 2008.This article summarizes the key findings reported in that report, focusing on problem-solving skills, their definition, distribution in the labour force and related labour market outcomes.

    Release date: 2012-05-01
  • 2. Postsecondary Education Participation among Underrepresented and Minority Groups Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201100411595
    Description:

    This article summarizes the key findings of a recent research report that examined the characteristics of young people who are most likely to go on to college or university following high school graduation and the factors that play a role in that decision. The focus of that research is on: youth from lower-income families; those from families with no parental history of attending postsecondary education; those living in rural areas; first- and second-generation children of immigrants; those from single parent (or other non-traditional) families; and Aboriginal youth.

    Release date: 2011-12-14
  • 3. Public School Indicators for Canada, the Provinces and Territories, 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201100111433
    Description:

    This article uses data from the most recent Elementary Secondary Education Survey to examine broad trends in enrolment and educators in publicly-funded elementary and secondary schools over the 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 period, by province and territory Specifically, it examines trends in enrolments and the number of graduates; enrolment in second-language immersion and minority-language education; enrolment in courses where an Aboriginal language is the subject of instruction; and trends in the number of educators and in the student-educator ratio.

    Release date: 2011-05-19
  • 4. A Changing Portrait of International Students in Canadian Universities Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000611405
    Description:

    This article uses data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) to draw a portrait of the changing make-up of international students enrolled in Canadian universities on either a part-time or full-time basis over the 1992 to 2008 period. This portrait shows how different international students are today compared to their counterparts in the early 1990s by examining changes that are evident in their university program levels and fields of study, age and gender composition, source countries and destinations within Canada.

    Release date: 2011-02-24
  • 5. A Note on High School Graduation and School Attendance, by Age and Province, 2009/2010 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000411360
    Description:

    Differences across provinces in the 'typical' age at which students graduate from high school result in an apparent paradox: in some provinces, high school graduation rates and high school dropout rates both are low, while in others, both rates are high. This article addresses this apparent paradox, using data from the Labour Force Survey for 2009/2010. It examines high school status, by age group for 16 to 24 year olds, for Canada and the provinces, showing how the share of graduates, continuers and dropouts changes as students age.

    Release date: 2010-11-03
  • 6. Women in Non-traditional Occupations and Fields of Study Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000111151
    Description:

    The situation of women in Canadian society and in the labour market has undergone a massive shift over the past few decades. Women now account for the majority of university graduates; the gender gap in labour market participation in 2009 narrowed to a small fraction of its size in 1976; and increasingly, women are found in non-traditional occupations and fields of study. That being said, there still are many occupations that reflect historical gender roles. That is because fundamental societal shifts like these typically take place over an extended period of time, reflecting changes in behaviours of successive cohorts of young people.

    This article takes stock of changes that have taken place over time in the occupations held by women in the labour market and in the fields of study they are choosing at the postsecondary level. It demonstrates where changes have occurred and suggests where change may happen in future as a result of shifts in the composition of postsecondary education graduates.

    Release date: 2010-04-29
  • 7. New Perspectives on Access to Postsecondary Education Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000111152
    Description:

    Recently, a group of researchers combined their efforts to provide new insights not only into issues pertaining to access to postsecondary education, but also persistence through to completion and other related issues, using data from the Youth in Transition Survey. This article summarizes their findings. Their research points to the need to take a broader perspective on the gaps that are observed, taking account of the roles of factors such as aspirations, motivations, engagement with school, study habits, and high school outcomes and related measured abilities. These latter factors, in fact, play key roles. Furthermore, the research finds that the development of such characteristics in young people is more closely related to parental education than to parental income and takes place over a period of many years.

    Release date: 2010-04-29
  • 8. The High Education / Low Income Paradox: College and University Graduates with Low Earnings, Ontario, 2006 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2010081
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    International comparisons show that the percentage of both college- and university-educated workers who earn less than half of the median employment income is higher than in Canada than in most, if not all, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Data from Statistics Canada's Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) show that 18% of university-educated adults and 23% of college-educated adults aged 25 to 64 in Canada earned less than half the national median employment income in 2006.

    This study uses descriptive statistics and logistic regression techniques in order to shed light on the type of highly educated worker who is likely to fall into lower employment earnings, taking into account a range of characteristics, including age, sex, field of study, occupation and industry. While all of the workers in the study population had non-zero employment earnings, many of them reported an activity other than working as their main activity for the year, a key factor in explaining their low-earnings situation. Other factors associated with having a college or university education while also having low employment earnings include being self-employed, working in certain occupations or industries and being female.

    Release date: 2010-04-21
  • 9. Changes in Participation in Adult Education and Training, 2002 and 2008 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X200900611126
    Description:

    Lifelong learning is increasingly recognized as an important element in today's knowledge-based economy defined by rapid advancements in technology and constantly changing skill needs. Lifelong learning is supported by both formal education and training. Information on the participation of Canadian adults in education and training activities is provided by the Adult Education and Training Survey (AETS) 2003 and the Access and Support to Education and Training Survey (ASETS) 2008. This article highlights some of the key findings of a recent Statistics Canada report that examined trends in adult education and training, based on data from these two surveys.

    Release date: 2010-02-25
  • 10. Trends in the Age of Education Infrastructure in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X200900511049
    Description:

    This article highlights a few of the findings of a recent report published by Statistics Canada that analyzed trends in the age of education infrastructure in Canada over the period between 1961 and 2008, using data from the Capital and Repair Expenditures Survey. The article explains how changes in the age of education infrastructure are measured and provides an overview of trends in the average age of education infrastructure, by education level, at both the national and provincial levels.

    Release date: 2009-12-16
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Articles and reports (43)

Articles and reports (43) (0 to 10 of 43 results)

  • 1. Problem-solving Skills and Labour Market Outcomes - Results from the Latest Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201200111651
    Description:

    The Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey assessed four foundation skills thought to be essential for social, professional and economic success - prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy and problem solving. Eleven countries, including Canada, participated in the most recent Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, which was conducted in two main waves between 2002 and 2008.This article summarizes the key findings reported in that report, focusing on problem-solving skills, their definition, distribution in the labour force and related labour market outcomes.

    Release date: 2012-05-01
  • 2. Postsecondary Education Participation among Underrepresented and Minority Groups Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201100411595
    Description:

    This article summarizes the key findings of a recent research report that examined the characteristics of young people who are most likely to go on to college or university following high school graduation and the factors that play a role in that decision. The focus of that research is on: youth from lower-income families; those from families with no parental history of attending postsecondary education; those living in rural areas; first- and second-generation children of immigrants; those from single parent (or other non-traditional) families; and Aboriginal youth.

    Release date: 2011-12-14
  • 3. Public School Indicators for Canada, the Provinces and Territories, 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201100111433
    Description:

    This article uses data from the most recent Elementary Secondary Education Survey to examine broad trends in enrolment and educators in publicly-funded elementary and secondary schools over the 2000/2001 to 2008/2009 period, by province and territory Specifically, it examines trends in enrolments and the number of graduates; enrolment in second-language immersion and minority-language education; enrolment in courses where an Aboriginal language is the subject of instruction; and trends in the number of educators and in the student-educator ratio.

    Release date: 2011-05-19
  • 4. A Changing Portrait of International Students in Canadian Universities Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000611405
    Description:

    This article uses data from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) to draw a portrait of the changing make-up of international students enrolled in Canadian universities on either a part-time or full-time basis over the 1992 to 2008 period. This portrait shows how different international students are today compared to their counterparts in the early 1990s by examining changes that are evident in their university program levels and fields of study, age and gender composition, source countries and destinations within Canada.

    Release date: 2011-02-24
  • 5. A Note on High School Graduation and School Attendance, by Age and Province, 2009/2010 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000411360
    Description:

    Differences across provinces in the 'typical' age at which students graduate from high school result in an apparent paradox: in some provinces, high school graduation rates and high school dropout rates both are low, while in others, both rates are high. This article addresses this apparent paradox, using data from the Labour Force Survey for 2009/2010. It examines high school status, by age group for 16 to 24 year olds, for Canada and the provinces, showing how the share of graduates, continuers and dropouts changes as students age.

    Release date: 2010-11-03
  • 6. Women in Non-traditional Occupations and Fields of Study Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000111151
    Description:

    The situation of women in Canadian society and in the labour market has undergone a massive shift over the past few decades. Women now account for the majority of university graduates; the gender gap in labour market participation in 2009 narrowed to a small fraction of its size in 1976; and increasingly, women are found in non-traditional occupations and fields of study. That being said, there still are many occupations that reflect historical gender roles. That is because fundamental societal shifts like these typically take place over an extended period of time, reflecting changes in behaviours of successive cohorts of young people.

    This article takes stock of changes that have taken place over time in the occupations held by women in the labour market and in the fields of study they are choosing at the postsecondary level. It demonstrates where changes have occurred and suggests where change may happen in future as a result of shifts in the composition of postsecondary education graduates.

    Release date: 2010-04-29
  • 7. New Perspectives on Access to Postsecondary Education Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X201000111152
    Description:

    Recently, a group of researchers combined their efforts to provide new insights not only into issues pertaining to access to postsecondary education, but also persistence through to completion and other related issues, using data from the Youth in Transition Survey. This article summarizes their findings. Their research points to the need to take a broader perspective on the gaps that are observed, taking account of the roles of factors such as aspirations, motivations, engagement with school, study habits, and high school outcomes and related measured abilities. These latter factors, in fact, play key roles. Furthermore, the research finds that the development of such characteristics in young people is more closely related to parental education than to parental income and takes place over a period of many years.

    Release date: 2010-04-29
  • 8. The High Education / Low Income Paradox: College and University Graduates with Low Earnings, Ontario, 2006 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2010081
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    International comparisons show that the percentage of both college- and university-educated workers who earn less than half of the median employment income is higher than in Canada than in most, if not all, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Data from Statistics Canada's Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) show that 18% of university-educated adults and 23% of college-educated adults aged 25 to 64 in Canada earned less than half the national median employment income in 2006.

    This study uses descriptive statistics and logistic regression techniques in order to shed light on the type of highly educated worker who is likely to fall into lower employment earnings, taking into account a range of characteristics, including age, sex, field of study, occupation and industry. While all of the workers in the study population had non-zero employment earnings, many of them reported an activity other than working as their main activity for the year, a key factor in explaining their low-earnings situation. Other factors associated with having a college or university education while also having low employment earnings include being self-employed, working in certain occupations or industries and being female.

    Release date: 2010-04-21
  • 9. Changes in Participation in Adult Education and Training, 2002 and 2008 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X200900611126
    Description:

    Lifelong learning is increasingly recognized as an important element in today's knowledge-based economy defined by rapid advancements in technology and constantly changing skill needs. Lifelong learning is supported by both formal education and training. Information on the participation of Canadian adults in education and training activities is provided by the Adult Education and Training Survey (AETS) 2003 and the Access and Support to Education and Training Survey (ASETS) 2008. This article highlights some of the key findings of a recent Statistics Canada report that examined trends in adult education and training, based on data from these two surveys.

    Release date: 2010-02-25
  • 10. Trends in the Age of Education Infrastructure in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X200900511049
    Description:

    This article highlights a few of the findings of a recent report published by Statistics Canada that analyzed trends in the age of education infrastructure in Canada over the period between 1961 and 2008, using data from the Capital and Repair Expenditures Survey. The article explains how changes in the age of education infrastructure are measured and provides an overview of trends in the average age of education infrastructure, by education level, at both the national and provincial levels.

    Release date: 2009-12-16
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  • 1. At a Crossroads: First Results for the 18-20-year-old Cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 81-591-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report provides a descriptive overview of the first results from the 2000 Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) for 18-20-year-olds in Canada. The YITS, developed through a partnership between Human Resources Development Canada and Statistics Canada, is a longitudinal survey designed to collect a broad range of information on the education and labour market experiences of youth.

    This report provides new information on high school dropout rates as of December 1999 and compares high school graduates and dropouts on a number of dimensions, including family background, parental education and occupation, engagement with school, working during high school, peer influence, and educational aspirations. This report also provides a first look at pathways followed by young people once they are no longer in high school, including their participation in post-secondary education, employment status, self-assessed skills levels, and barriers to post-secondary education.

    Release date: 2002-01-23
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