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| Table 3 Probit model determinants of dropping out of school | ||||||
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Coefficients
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Marginal effects1
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Coefficients
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Marginal effects1
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%-point change |
%-point change |
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| Age | 0.027 | 0.95 | *** | 0.024 | 0.77 | *** |
| Born in | ||||||
| Quebec | -0.224 | -7.86 | ** | -0.224 | -7.27 | ** |
| Ontario | -0.072 | -2.54 | -0.074 | -2.38 | ||
| Prairies | -0.031 | -1.10 | -0.151 | -4.89 | * | |
| British Columbia | -0.035 | -1.22 | -0.359 | -11.63 | *** | |
| With a disability | 0.075 | 2.62 | 0.096 | 3.11 | ||
| Learning difficulties as a child | 0.531 | 18.63 | *** | 0.591 | 19.12 | *** |
| Mother’s years of education | -0.080 | -2.81 | *** | -0.105 | -3.41 | *** |
| Father’s years of education | -0.091 | -3.20 | *** | -0.088 | -2.84 | *** |
| Immigrant mother | -0.125 | -4.39 | -0.369 | -11.96 | *** | |
| Immigrant father | -0.122 | -4.30 | -0.015 | -0.48 | ||
| Aboriginal persons | 0.409 | 14.36 | ** | 0.406 | 13.14 | *** |
| Language spoken as a child | ||||||
| English | -0.135 | -4.75 | -0.165 | -5.36 | * | |
| French or other | 0.125 | -4.39 | -0.023 | -0.74 | ||
| Constant | 0.328 | … | 0.604 | … | ||
* Significant at the 10% level. |
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| ** Significant at the 5% level. | ||||||
| *** Significant at the 1% level. | ||||||
1 See Note 15. |
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| Source: Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities, 1989 | ||||||