Table 20
Looking ahead to a career, students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 2009
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| Language of school system | A good job depends on success in school | I will need to go to college or university to get a good job | It is important to decide what my future career will be now | I know my own interests and abilities well enough to decide on a future career now | I know enough about various occupations to make a choice for a future career | |||||
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| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |
| Canada1 | ||||||||||
| Minority | 87.4 | (0.70)* | 85.6 | (1.13) | 77.4 | (1.05) | 79.2 | (0.79) | 76.2 | (0.80) |
| Majority | 89.7 | (0.35)* | 85.8 | (0.37) | 78.7 | (0.43) | 78.0 | (0.43) | 75.7 | (0.45) |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||||||
| Minority | 86.8 | (2.78) | 85.4 | (2.67) | 75.1 | (3.60) | 81.5 | (2.86) | 82.7 | (2.75) |
| Majority | 89.2 | (0.84) | 86.4 | (1.04) | 80.4 | (1.24) | 82.2 | (1.17) | 79.6 | (1.42) |
| New Brunswick | ||||||||||
| Minority | 89.1 | (1.16) | 89.3 | (1.12) | 82.9 | (1.38) | 81.1 | (1.36) | 79.3 | (1.29) |
| Majority | 88.8 | (1.03) | 88.2 | (1.15) | 78.7 | (1.53) | 80.9 | (1.34) | 78.9 | (1.59) |
| Quebec | ||||||||||
| Minority | 85.8 | (1.18)* | 82.8 | (1.95)* | 76.3 | (1.60) | 78.2 | (1.34) | 73.9 | (1.37) |
| Majority | 91.8 | (0.58)* | 79.0 | (0.99)* | 80.0 | (0.93) | 76.2 | (1.01) | 72.5 | (1.08) |
| Ontario | ||||||||||
| Minority | 90.2 | (0.94) | 89.6 | (0.98) | 77.7 | (1.50) | 80.8 | (1.27) | 79.1 | (1.31) |
| Majority | 89.7 | (0.71) | 89.9 | (0.64) | 79.3 | (0.80) | 78.7 | (0.84) | 76.7 | (0.88) |
| Manitoba | ||||||||||
| Minority | 86.9 | (2.52) | 89.3 | (1.93) | 68.7 | (2.80)* | 78.1 | (2.53) | 78.4 | (2.64) |
| Majority | 88.2 | (0.88) | 84.1 | (1.12) | 77.9 | (1.24)* | 78.1 | (1.19) | 74.9 | (1.30) |
| Alberta | ||||||||||
| Minority | 85.1 | (3.52) | 83.0 | (3.29) | 79.4 | (2.96) | 77.4 | (3.25) | 77.3 | (3.25) |
| Majority | 90.8 | (0.57) | 86.0 | (1.01) | 80.0 | (0.84) | 77.7 | (0.93) | 75.9 | (0.75) |
| British Columbia | ||||||||||
| Minority | 82.3 | (3.72) | 82.3 | (3.86) | 62.6 | (6.13) | 68.6 | (4.26) | 69.1 | (5.41) |
| Majority | 86.8 | (0.72) | 85.0 | (1.00) | 74.6 | (0.96) | 77.5 | (0.94) | 75.8 | (1.15) |
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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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