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Table 4 Probability of owning a home

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  Model 1 with postsecondary education Model 2 without postsecondary education
Estimated coefficient Predicted probability (%) Estimated coefficient Predicted probability (%)
Intercept 0.417 60 0.924 72
Student loan status (ref. non-borrower)
Borrower -0.307* 53 -0.358 64
Highest education level (ref. some postsecondary)
Some high school ... ... -0.641* 57
High school graduate ... ... -0.268 66
(ref. bachelor's degree)
Non-university postsecondary -0.355* 52 ... ...
Graduate degree -0.288 53 ... ...
* significantly different from the reference group (ref.) at the 0.05 level.
Note: Sample size of Model 1 is 8,476 observations representing over 4.9 million weighted individuals. Model 2 is 5,140 observations representing almost 3 million weighted individuals. Samples for both models include individuals age 20 to 45 who were not students in 2007.
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics, 2007.