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| Table 4 Determinants of selected employment characteristics of dropouts | ||||||||||||
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Men |
Women |
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Employed, October 1989
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Employed at any time in the past 12 months
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Mostly full time1
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Employed, October 1989
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Employed at any time in the past 12 months
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Mostly full time1
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| Functional literacy scores | 0.004 | *** | 0.006 | *** | 0.005 | *** | 0.006 | *** | 0.005 | *** | 0.004 | *** |
| Age | 0.247 | *** | 0.159 | ** | 0.125 | ** | 0.011 | -0.007 | 0.000 | |||
| Years of education | 0.032 | -0.027 | 0.007 | 0.016 | 0.038 | 0.083 | ** | |||||
| With a disability | 0.153 | -0.005 | 0.050 | -0.472 | *** | -0.713 | -0.546 | *** | ||||
| Aboriginal persons | -0.262 | -0.031 | -0.104 | -0.024 | -0.017 | -0.439 | ** | |||||
| Province of residence | ||||||||||||
| Atlantic | -0.354 | * | -0.103 | -0.130 | -0.686 | *** | -0.312 | * | 0.077 | |||
| Quebec | -0.463 | * | -0.261 | -0.316 | -0.712 | *** | -0.495 | ** | -0.285 | |||
| Prairies | 0.138 | -0.027 | -0.241 | -0.342 | ** | -0.088 | -0.024 | |||||
| British Columbia | 0.299 | -0.031 | -0.215 | -1.136 | *** | -0.889 | *** | -0.476 | ** | |||
| City size | ||||||||||||
| 100,000 or more | -0.235 | * | -0.494 | ** | -0.202 | 0.248 | ** | -0.062 | 0.022 | |||
| 30,000 to 99,999 | -0.013 | -0.189 | -0.042 | 0.271 | -0.055 | -0.216 | ||||||
| First language as an adult: English | -0.424 | * | -0.275 | -0.246 | 0.068 | 0.117 | 0.048 | |||||
| Married | 0.352 | ** | 0.651 | *** | 0.264 | * | 0.350 | *** | 0.357 | *** | 0.160 | |
| With at least one child | -0.072 | -0.316 | * | -0.005 | -0.214 | * | -0.231 | * | -0.467 | *** | ||
| Constant | -5.330 | *** | -2.708 | * | -2.488 | * | -1.638 | -0.740 | -0.908 | |||
| ρ | 0.651 | *** | 0.681 | *** | 0.641 | *** | 0.026 | -0.081 | -0.333 | ** | ||
* Significant at the 10% level. |
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| ** Significant at the 5% level. | ||||||||||||
| *** Significant at the 1% level. | ||||||||||||
| 1 During periods of employment. | ||||||||||||
| Source: Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities, 1989 | ||||||||||||