Table A.2
Mother tongue of 2005 doctoral graduates by field of study and country of residence in 2007 for non-official language speakers

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  Proportion Confidence limits (95%)
Lower Upper
percent
English only
All fields of study 47 46 48
Life sciences 46 44 48
Engineering 22 19 25
Computer, mathematics and physical sciences 45 42 48
Psychology and social sciences 53 51 55
Humanities 58 55 61
Education and other fields of study 58 55 61
French only
All fields of study 20 19 21
Life sciences 24 22 26
Engineering 11 9 13
Computer, mathematics and physical sciences 15 13 17
Psychology and social sciences 25 23 27
Humanities 22 19 25
Education and other fields of study 17 15 19
Non-official language only
All fields of study 30 29 31
Life sciences 28 26 30
Engineering 64 61 67
Computer, mathematics and physical sciences 37 34 40
Psychology and social sciences 20 18 22
Humanities 17 15 19
Education and other fields of study 22 19 25
English and French
All fields of study 1 1 1
Life sciences 1E 1 1
Engineering x ... ...
Computer, mathematics and physical sciences x ... ...
Psychology and social sciences 1E 1 1
Humanities x ... ...
Education and other fields of study x ... ...
English or French, and non-official language
All fields of study 2 2 2
Life sciences 2 1 3
Engineering 2E 1 3
Computer, mathematics and physical sciences 2E 1 3
Psychology and social sciences 1E 1 1
Humanities x ... ...
Education and other fields of study 2E 1 3
Country of residence in 2007 for non-offical language speakers
Chinese speakers
Canada 81 77 85
United States 19 15 23
Other non-official language speakers
Canada 87 85 89
United States 13 11 15
... not applicable
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
Note: Excludes respondents for whom the mother tongue is unknown.
Source: Statistics Canada, National Graduates Survey (Class of 2005).
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