Table 4
Observed and estimated percentages with university degrees by
source country/region
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| Observed | Logit estimates | Ordinary Least Squares estimates | 'Explained' percentage -points | Contributions to the 'explained' percentage points1 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic demoÂgraphics | Parental education | Language | Fathers' generation education | Fathers' generation income | Fathers' place of residence | |||||
| percent | ||||||||||
| Africa | 55.9 | 34.7 | 36.8 | 19.1 | 2.6 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 |
| Caribbean | 26.3 | 22 2 | 21.9 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.0 | -1.9 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Latin America | 23.5 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 0.7 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| China | 69.5 | 57.6*** | 59.3*** | 10.2 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Philippines | 39.9 | 16.2** | 12.3** | 27.6 | 1.7 | 15.5 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| India | 65.2 | 44.0*** | 45 7*** | 19.5 | 2.2 | 9.0 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| West Asia/Middle East | 44.3 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 15.4 | 1.4 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| Other Asia | 52 2 | 37.2 | 39.1 | 13.1 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 2.3 |
| United States | 33.8 | 20.3* | 17.9* | 16.0 | -2.0 | 11.5 | 0.0 | 7.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 |
| United Kingdom | 37.6 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 10.1 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | -0.5 | 0.6 |
| Germany | 24.0 | 23.2*** | 22.3*** | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| Italy | 32 2 | 40.2** | 40.5** | -8.3 | 3.1 | -10.1 | 0.1 | -3.7 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| Portugal | 25.8 | 38.4 | 38.8 | -13.0 | 1.2 | -11.4 | 0.2 | -6.1 | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Netherlands | 26.4 | 29.6 | 29.1 | -2.7 | -0.7 | 1.1 | 0.0 | -0.9 | -0.1 | -2.0 |
| Other Northern/Western Europe | 34.5 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 7.0 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 1.2 | -0.1 | 0.3 |
| Eastern Europe | 37.5 | 26.0 | 25.9 | 11.6 | 1.0 | 6.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 |
| Other Europe | 45.2 | 45.2** | 46.7** | -1.4 | 1.9 | -3.0 | 0.1 | -3.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 |
| Other countries | 36.9 | 23.1 | 22.1 | 14.8 | 2.6 | 10.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
| Children of Canadian-born parents | 27.5 | 30.0 | 29.9 | -2.4 | -0.4 | -1.0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | -1 | -0.4 |
* p < 0.05 (level is significantly different from that among children of Canadian-born parents)
** p < 0.01
*** p < 0.001
1. Contributions to the explained percentage points may not total to explained percentage points because of rounding. Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey.
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