Table 2
Group differences in family background and individual characteristics

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  Father with university education Mother with university education Living with both parents until age 15 Mother tongue not E/F,1 did not speak E/F with parents before age 15
  percent
Africa 31.9 23.8 87.0 27.1
Caribbean 18.6 8.9 63.9 0.9
Latin America 19.1 12.1 88.9 42.8
China 25.2 14.8 98.1 64.3
Philippines 42.7 41.4 85.3 32.7
India 42.4 26.6 94.3 54.8
West Asia/Middle East 25.1 29.1 90.5 54.6
Other Asia 34.1 15.8 93.8 67.7
United States 37.9 33.3 68.7 0.9
United Kingdom 32.7 21.1 84.8 1.7
Germany 12.7 12.0 83.2 6.8
Italy 4.7 3.1 92.9 46.6
Portugal 4.4 6.8 89.0 71.6
Netherlands 22.3 10.7 87.6 4.3
Other Northern/Western Europe 24.1 19.3 79.3 7.4
Eastern Europe 27.9 25.4 85.6 38.2
Other Europe 17.6 9.3 92.6 52.3
Other countries 37.4 32.5 94.0 12.7
All groups of children of immigrants 24.0 16.9 86.0 27.5
Children of Canadian-born parents 15.4 14.7 78.3 0.2

 

1 English/French.

Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey.