Table 15
Social comfort at school for students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 20091

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Table 15
Social comfort at school for students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 20091
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)
* 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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