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Table 1 Characteristics of high school dropouts and graduates
Men
Women
Dropouts
Graduates1
Dropouts
Graduates1
Functional literacy scores2 238.8 271.3   236.4 275.3
Age2 38.1 33.6   38.3 33.5
Years of education2 9.3 14.4   9.3 14.4
Number of weeks worked in the past 12 months 41.5 47.1   26.4 38.8
Log of income2 10.08 10.27   9.2 9.73
Mother’s years of education 7.9 10.5   8.1 10.5
Father’s years of education 7.6 10.5   7.6 10.3
%
Employed, October 1989 82 92   50 77
Employed at any time in the past 12 months 91 97   63 87
Mostly full time3 88 91   44 66
Immigrant mother 9 14   11 15
Immigrant father 10 15   11 16
Born in
Atlantic 16 10   15 12
Quebec 32 31   40 30
Ontario 30 35   25 30
Prairies 17 18   18 19
British Columbia 5 6   3 9
Aboriginal persons2 5 2   6 3
Language spoken as a child
English 58 64   54 66
French 37 30   43 29
Other 4 6   3 6
With a disability 2 12 6   12 7
Learning difficulties as a child 17 10   16 9
Province of residence 2
Atlantic 12 8   11 10
Quebec 29 29   31 27
Ontario 35 36   36 32
Prairies 15 18   16 19
British Columbia 9 9   6 12
City size2
100,000 or more 40 63   49 62
30,000 to 99,999 11 11   9 11
Under 30,0004 49 26   42 27
First language as an adult2
English 68 73   67 73
French or other 32 27   33 27
Married2 73 66   76 69
With at least one child2 58 50   65 55
1 Includes those with postsecondary education.
2 Averages used in the income equations.
3 During periods of employment.
4 Includes rural areas.
Source: Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities, 1989