Table 15
Social comfort at school for students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 20091
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| Language of school system | I feel like I belong | Other students seem to like me | People at school are interested in what I have to say | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |
| Canada2 | ||||||
| Minority | 78.9 | (0.67) | 91.2 | (0.53)* | 80.9 | (0.73) |
| Majority | 79.7 | (0.47) | 93.2 | (0.27)* | 80.2 | (0.39) |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||
| Minority | 74.2 | (2.80)* | 87.1 | (1.91) | 79.5 | (3.06) |
| Majority | 84.5 | (0.97)* | 92.3 | (0.77) | 78.0 | (1.26) |
| New Brunswick | ||||||
| Minority | 62.1 | (1.64)* | 90.0 | (0.96) | 75.5 | (1.78) |
| Majority | 83.4 | (1.24)* | 91.8 | (0.93) | 74.4 | (1.52) |
| Quebec | ||||||
| Minority | 86.9 | (1.12)* | 93.5 | (0.79) | 84.5 | (1.15)* |
| Majority | 59.2 | (1.35)* | 93.4 | (0.53) | 79.5 | (0.90)* |
| Ontario | ||||||
| Minority | 72.6 | (1.30)* | 88.1 | (1.09)* | 77.5 | (1.26) |
| Majority | 85.5 | (0.71)* | 93.2 | (0.51)* | 81.3 | (0.78) |
| Manitoba | ||||||
| Minority | 81.7 | (2.46) | 88.5 | (2.39) | 74.8 | (2.73) |
| Majority | 85.2 | (1.15) | 92.6 | (0.79) | 78.7 | (1.30) |
| Alberta | ||||||
| Minority | 64.5 | (4.03) | 88.6 | (2.39) | 81.5 | (2.71) |
| Majority | 85.2 | (0.77) | 94.0 | (0.47) | 81.4 | (0.71) |
| British Columbia | ||||||
| Minority | 65.5 | (5.40)* | 81.0 | (3.26)* | 65.5 | (6.72) |
| Majority | 84.6 | (0.87)* | 92.7 | (0.60)* | 78.6 | (0.86) |
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* indicates a significant difference between minority and majority populations at the Canada level or within the same province 1. Only those aspects of social comfort at school where there were significant differences between the minority language school systems students and those of the majority language school system are shown here. Other items such as "I have friends at school who can help me with my homework" where there were no differences between the two populations appear in Table 23 in Appendix 1 of this report. 2. Includes all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador. Source: Programme for International Student Assessment, 2009, OECD. |
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