Appendix Table 5
Sample characteristics at age 15

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Appendix Table 5
Sample characteristics at age 15
Table summary
This table displays the results of Sample characteristics at age 15 Bottom income quintile, Second income quintile, Third income quintile, Fourth income quintile, Top income quintile, Boys, Girls, No RESP and RESP, calculated using mean, proportion and number units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Bottom income quintile Second income quintile Third income quintile Fourth income quintile Top income quintile Boys Girls
No RESP RESP No RESP RESP No RESP RESP No RESP RESP No RESP RESP No RESP RESP No RESP RESP
mean
Equivalent total family income 12,404 12,409 23,289 23,418 31,287 31,701 39,608 39,907 65,595 69,270 33,290 42,581 32,339 41,135
  proportion
Reading score  
Below the 5th percentile 0.083 0.073 0.061 0.043 0.042 0.024 0.046 0.035 0.033 0.014 0.078 0.044 0.033 0.019
From the 5th up to but excluding the 10th percentile 0.076 0.035 0.064 0.030 0.052 0.025 0.043 0.028 0.039 0.017 0.068 0.031 0.044 0.020
From the 10th up to but excluding the 25th percentile 0.203 0.128 0.180 0.121 0.156 0.092 0.141 0.089 0.130 0.081 0.181 0.105 0.149 0.086
From the 25th up to but excluding the 50th percentile 0.268 0.259 0.253 0.279 0.266 0.225 0.256 0.215 0.232 0.190 0.261 0.262 0.251 0.186
From the 50th up to but excluding the 75th percentile 0.212 0.294 0.242 0.232 0.246 0.299 0.261 0.313 0.263 0.241 0.231 0.261 0.255 0.289
From the 75th up to but excluding the 90th percentile 0.111 0.123 0.121 0.169 0.142 0.191 0.157 0.192 0.181 0.239 0.117 0.175 0.162 0.215
From the 90th up to but excluding the 95th percentile 0.028 0.048 0.041 0.062 0.053 0.058 0.047 0.054 0.054 0.086 0.034 0.056 0.053 0.073
95th percentile and above 0.020 0.040 0.039 0.065 0.043 0.086 0.049 0.074 0.068 0.131 0.030 0.065 0.054 0.111
Overall high school mark  
Below 60% 0.099 0.050 0.091 0.047 0.079 0.047 0.081 0.048 0.068 0.033 0.106 0.060 0.064 0.028
Between 60% and 69% 0.217 0.175 0.206 0.144 0.203 0.122 0.173 0.108 0.174 0.110 0.230 0.139 0.165 0.109
Between 70% and 79% 0.370 0.334 0.348 0.323 0.330 0.320 0.344 0.303 0.306 0.283 0.357 0.340 0.327 0.275
Between 80% and 89% 0.259 0.317 0.289 0.376 0.314 0.412 0.319 0.412 0.368 0.415 0.250 0.365 0.359 0.430
Between 90% and 100% 0.055 0.124 0.066 0.110 0.074 0.099 0.084 0.129 0.085 0.158 0.058 0.096 0.085 0.159
Mastery/self-esteem score  
Below the 5th percentile 0.059 0.059 0.058 0.046 0.044 0.040 0.059 0.032 0.045 0.029 0.043 0.030 0.063 0.045
From the 5th up to but excluding the 10th percentile 0.063 0.085 0.065 0.053 0.036 0.048 0.047 0.046 0.032 0.044 0.048 0.052 0.051 0.050
From the 10th up to but excluding the 25th percentile 0.157 0.172 0.161 0.140 0.148 0.108 0.137 0.134 0.167 0.138 0.142 0.122 0.166 0.147
From the 25th up to but excluding the 50th percentile 0.235 0.231 0.231 0.228 0.238 0.244 0.236 0.229 0.225 0.244 0.229 0.203 0.237 0.269
From the 50th up to but excluding the 75th percentile 0.257 0.271 0.242 0.258 0.291 0.284 0.271 0.281 0.272 0.254 0.273 0.279 0.259 0.261
From the 75th up to but excluding the 90th percentile 0.138 0.079 0.153 0.173 0.147 0.173 0.149 0.161 0.151 0.169 0.146 0.185 0.149 0.136
From the 90th up to but excluding the 95th percentile 0.045 0.042 0.047 0.044 0.048 0.049 0.050 0.054 0.053 0.073 0.055 0.060 0.042 0.052
95th percentile and above 0.047 0.061 0.044 0.058 0.047 0.054 0.051 0.062 0.056 0.049 0.064 0.071 0.034 0.041
Lone parent 0.330 0.271 0.148 0.153 0.090 0.101 0.047 0.052 0.029 0.028 0.128 0.084 0.148 0.098
Two parents, one or both not from birth 0.087 0.068 0.099 0.074 0.106 0.112 0.112 0.072 0.113 0.092 0.096 0.077 0.108 0.094
Two birth parents 0.584 0.660 0.753 0.774 0.804 0.786 0.842 0.876 0.858 0.880 0.776 0.839 0.743 0.808
Parental education  
No postsecondary qualifications 0.560 0.371 0.448 0.297 0.369 0.251 0.300 0.160 0.214 0.125 0.380 0.197 0.399 0.220
Non-university postsecondary certificate 0.309 0.370 0.394 0.440 0.426 0.383 0.376 0.326 0.332 0.251 0.373 0.356 0.361 0.318
Undergraduate degree 0.092 0.202 0.116 0.189 0.154 0.230 0.225 0.298 0.265 0.325 0.168 0.269 0.160 0.265
Graduate or professional degree 0.039 0.057 0.042 0.073 0.051 0.136 0.099 0.215 0.189 0.299 0.079 0.178 0.080 0.197
Parents do not expect child to pursue postsecondary education 0.061 0.028 0.031 0.003 0.025 0.005 0.015 0.007 0.006 0.002 0.033 0.008 0.026 0.005
Parents expect child to complete postsecondary education 0.939 0.972 0.969 0.997 0.975 0.995 0.985 0.993 0.994 0.998 0.967 0.992 0.974 0.995
Parents expect child to complete university degree 0.560 0.725 0.574 0.706 0.624 0.779 0.666 0.827 0.752 0.867 0.583 0.772 0.672 0.831
Perception of returns to schooling  
Very low 0.023 0.005 0.025 0.014 0.021 0.014 0.021 0.011 0.023 0.018 0.035 0.020 0.011 0.008
Low 0.082 0.057 0.072 0.062 0.067 0.064 0.057 0.062 0.071 0.035 0.082 0.056 0.060 0.053
High 0.477 0.473 0.494 0.440 0.504 0.466 0.518 0.463 0.496 0.466 0.492 0.462 0.501 0.462
Very high 0.417 0.464 0.409 0.485 0.408 0.457 0.404 0.464 0.410 0.480 0.391 0.462 0.428 0.478
Few or no friends plan to further education after high school 0.262 0.216 0.239 0.143 0.197 0.141 0.170 0.139 0.158 0.098 0.253 0.164 0.168 0.108
Most friends plan to further education after high school 0.458 0.469 0.482 0.514 0.499 0.514 0.504 0.490 0.505 0.485 0.495 0.525 0.482 0.467
All friends plan to further education after high school 0.280 0.316 0.279 0.343 0.304 0.346 0.325 0.371 0.337 0.417 0.252 0.312 0.350 0.425
Atlantic provinces 0.129 0.104 0.110 0.102 0.083 0.082 0.061 0.070 0.048 0.060 0.085 0.078 0.093 0.077
Quebec 0.290 0.169 0.288 0.151 0.259 0.143 0.213 0.118 0.215 0.155 0.266 0.138 0.246 0.149
Ontario 0.292 0.363 0.304 0.372 0.350 0.473 0.408 0.512 0.438 0.469 0.335 0.462 0.370 0.451
Manitoba or Saskatchewan 0.092 0.091 0.089 0.089 0.078 0.076 0.067 0.059 0.050 0.059 0.077 0.071 0.076 0.069
Alberta 0.074 0.099 0.102 0.108 0.101 0.087 0.110 0.113 0.140 0.129 0.110 0.114 0.098 0.107
British Columbia 0.122 0.173 0.108 0.177 0.129 0.138 0.142 0.128 0.109 0.128 0.126 0.136 0.118 0.147
Male 0.449 0.434 0.492 0.529 0.487 0.505 0.500 0.490 0.503 0.468 1.000 1.000 0.000 0.000
Female 0.551 0.566 0.508 0.471 0.513 0.495 0.500 0.510 0.497 0.532 0.000 0.000 1.000 1.000
School quality index score  
Below the 5th percentile 0.166 0.149 0.146 0.142 0.164 0.146 0.141 0.116 0.130 0.142 0.167 0.144 0.135 0.130
From the 5th up to but excluding the 10th percentile 0.055 0.023 0.045 0.037 0.039 0.054 0.050 0.057 0.046 0.020 0.049 0.044 0.045 0.035
From the 10th up to but excluding the 25th percentile 0.149 0.123 0.150 0.185 0.132 0.134 0.109 0.141 0.121 0.133 0.126 0.131 0.141 0.152
From the 25th up to but excluding the 50th percentile 0.209 0.238 0.217 0.224 0.240 0.184 0.234 0.236 0.223 0.211 0.210 0.216 0.237 0.217
From the 50th up to but excluding the 75th percentile 0.202 0.235 0.188 0.208 0.213 0.255 0.243 0.248 0.239 0.298 0.210 0.248 0.220 0.265
From the 75th up to but excluding the 90th percentile 0.121 0.138 0.145 0.130 0.122 0.134 0.139 0.130 0.156 0.128 0.137 0.138 0.135 0.124
From the 90th up to but excluding the 95th percentile 0.040 0.040 0.053 0.027 0.046 0.046 0.045 0.037 0.048 0.042 0.050 0.034 0.043 0.044
95th percentile and above 0.058 0.054 0.056 0.048 0.043 0.047 0.039 0.035 0.038 0.027 0.051 0.045 0.044 0.033
  number
Sample size 4,431 452 3,897 689 3,111 798 2,556 960 2,165 1,025 7,818 1,910 8,342 2,014
Note: RESP: registered education savings plan.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A, cycle 1, and T1 Family File, 2001 to 2011; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Programme for International Student Assessment.
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