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| Table 5 Determinants of weeks worked by dropouts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Men |
Women |
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| Functional literacy scores | 0.055 | *** | 0.091 | *** |
| Age | 2.290 | *** | 0.277 | |
| Years of education | 0.877 | ** | 0.920 | |
| With a disability | 0.053 | -10.393 | *** | |
| Aboriginal persons | -7.762 | *** | -7.463 | ** |
| Province of residence | ||||
| Atlantic | -8.709 | *** | -15.686 | *** |
| Quebec | -4.332 | -8.365 | ** | |
| Prairies | 1.870 | -1.877 | ||
| British Columbia | 0.207 | -18.498 | *** | |
| City size | ||||
| 100,000 or more | -2.295 | * | 2.607 | |
| 30,000 to 99,999 | 0.460 | 1.462 | ||
| First language as an adult: English | -4.448 | 1.746 | ||
| Married | 6.416 | *** | 5.706 | *** |
| With at least one child | -0.768 | -4.188 | ** | |
| λ (inverse Mill’s ratio adjustment) | 7.444 | *** | -4.186 | * |
| Constant | -27.826 | ** | -0.546 | |
| F | 11.4 | 11.5 | ||
* Significant at the 10% level. |
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| ** Significant at the 5% level. | ||||
| *** Significant at the 1% level. | ||||
| Source: Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities, 1989 | ||||