Table A1
Proportion with higher literacy and numeracy skills (level 3 or higher) among off-reserve First Nations, Métis, and non-Aboriginal adults aged 25 to 65, various socioeconomic characteristics (bivariate results), 2012

Table A1
Proportion with higher literacy and numeracy skills (level 3 or higher) among off-reserve First Nations, Métis, and non-Aboriginal adults aged 25 to 65, various socioeconomic characteristics (bivariate results), 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Proportion with higher literacy and numeracy skills (level 3 or higher) among off-reserve First Nations Literacy, Numeracy, Off-reserve First Nations, Métis and Non-Aboriginal, calculated using proportion units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Literacy Numeracy
Off-reserve First Nations Métis Non-Aboriginal Off-reserve First Nations Métis Non-Aboriginal
proportion
Sex  
Men 0.342 0.484 0.569 0.281 0.435 0.548
Women 0.361 0.517 0.563 0.213 0.362 0.437
Education  
High school diploma or less 0.177 0.327 0.352 0.105 0.242 0.281
Trade, vocational or apprenticeship certificate 0.355 0.443 0.438 0.265 0.378 0.409
Postsecondary education – less than a bachelor's degree 0.528 0.615 0.639 0.347 0.469 0.536
Postsecondary education – bachelor's degree or more 0.687 0.825 0.846 0.552 0.721 0.776
Current student  
Yes 0.583 0.601 0.750 0.479 0.538 0.675
No 0.330 0.490 0.552 0.219 0.382 0.480
Parental education  
Both less than high school 0.253 0.377 0.388 0.142 0.268 0.320
At least one high school diploma 0.376 0.496 0.574 0.267 0.387 0.494
At least one postsecondary certificate or diploma – less than a bachelor's degree 0.510 0.659 0.649 0.371 0.566 0.572
At least one university degree 0.531 0.644 0.758 0.410 0.532 0.687
Number of books in the home at age 16  
25 or less 0.238 0.370 0.384 0.138 0.287 0.318
26 to 100 0.388 0.558 0.574 0.281 0.426 0.504
More than 100 0.558 0.603 0.729 0.416 0.508 0.646
Age group  
25 to 34 0.367 0.578 0.663 0.257 0.461 0.587
35 to 44 0.452 0.612 0.642 0.295 0.517 0.561
45 to 54 0.330 0.395 0.534 0.235 0.336 0.466
55 to 65 0.243 0.405 0.440 0.170 0.248 0.373
Province / region of residence  
Atlantic 0.332 0.381 0.477 0.222 0.284 0.384
Quebec 0.402 0.303 0.482 0.377 0.228 0.446
Ontario 0.460 0.541 0.617 0.274 0.425 0.528
Manitoba 0.270 0.499 0.591 0.183 0.436 0.510
Saskatchewan 0.255 0.359 0.554 0.175 0.283 0.490
Alberta and British Columbia 0.343 0.601 0.623 0.248 0.473 0.539
Territories 0.171 0.352 0.642 0.111 0.273 0.538
Employment status  
Employed 0.417 0.557 0.606 0.302 0.446 0.538
Not employed 0.258 0.321 0.405 0.153 0.245 0.310
Note: Standard errors and coefficients of variation are available upon request.
Source: Statistics Canada, Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), 2012.
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