Table 13
Negative peer group behaviours, students of minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 2009
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| Language of school system | Friends skip classes once a week or more | Friends have dropped out of high school without graduating | Friends have a reputation for causing trouble | Friends smoke | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total none / some | ||||||||
| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |
| Canada1 | ||||||||
| Minority | 90.8 | (0.57)* | 95.7 | (0.33)* | 88.2 | (0.68)* | 86.8 | (0.69)* |
| Majority | 86.5 | (0.41)* | 97.5 | (0.15)* | 90.4 | (0.32)* | 89.6 | (0.35)* |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||||
| Minority | 92.0 | (2.77) | 96.3 | (1.38) | 93.5 | (1.62)* | 94.2 | (1.58) |
| Majority | 88.5 | (0.95) | 97.6 | (0.42) | 88.2 | (1.02)* | 90.3 | (0.88) |
| New Brunswick | ||||||||
| Minority | 88.1 | (1.12) | 92.3 | (1.02) | 88.1 | (1.22) | 83.3 | (1.20)* |
| Majority | 90.4 | (0.98) | 97.6 | (0.58) | 89.4 | (1.13) | 88.1 | (1.04)* |
| Quebec | ||||||||
| Minority | 91.9 | (0.89) | 97.7 | (0.44)* | 86.8 | (1.12)* | 86.1 | (1.08) |
| Majority | 90.5 | (0.78) | 95.7 | (0.45)* | 93.6 | (0.61)* | 85.4 | (0.96) |
| Ontario | ||||||||
| Minority | 90.2 | (0.92)* | 93.4 | (0.67)* | 90.3 | (0.84) | 88.7 | (0.97)* |
| Majority | 85.0 | (0.87)* | 98.2 | (0.26)* | 90.1 | (0.72) | 92.0 | (0.64)* |
| Manitoba | ||||||||
| Minority | 91.7 | (1.63)* | 97.5 | (1.08) | 92.9 | (1.67)* | 92.1 | (1.78) |
| Majority | 82.2 | (1.15)* | 97.4 | (0.45) | 87.3 | (0.99)* | 87.1 | (1.31) |
| Alberta | ||||||||
| Minority | 83.3 | (2.52) | 90.1 | (1.95)* | 88.5 | (2.09) | 85.7 | (2.81) |
| Majority | 86.6 | (0.94) | 98.3 | (0.23)* | 89.5 | (0.73) | 88.2 | (1.03) |
| British Columbia | ||||||||
| Minority | 94.2 | (3.43)* | 99.1 | (0.68) | 95.0 | (2.16) | 97.1 | (1.87) |
| Majority | 84.3 | (1.04)* | 98.0 | (0.38) | 89.6 | (0.78) | 92.3 | (0.76) |
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* indicates a significant difference between minority and majority populations at the Canada level or within the same province 1. Includes all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador. Source: Programme for International Student Assessment, 2009, OECD. |
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