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.
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