Table 22
Resources for job preparation, students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 2009
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| Language of school system | Sources of help writing a résumé and preparing for a job interview | Sources of information about current and future jobs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combination of sources (school, home and elsewhere) | School only | Home only | Combination of sources (school, home and elsewhere) | School only | Home only | |||||||
| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |
| Canada1 | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 26.8 | (1.01)* | 31.9 | (0.91) | 24.5 | (1.00) | 35.8 | (0.97) | 25.8 | (0.80)* | 22.6 | (0.88) |
| Majority | 31.3 | (0.48)* | 33.1 | (0.62) | 22.6 | (0.52) | 39.8 | (0.52) | 29.1 | (0.63)* | 18.8 | (0.41) |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 24.1 | (3.31) | 37.0 | (2.92) | 19.0 | (3.03) | 28.2 | (3.75)* | 25.3 | (2.96) | 25.7 | (2.97) |
| Majority | 27.1 | (1.38) | 37.1 | (1.73) | 21.9 | (1.53) | 35.3 | (1.64)* | 24.1 | (1.37) | 25.9 | (1.56) |
| New Brunswick | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 30.5 | (1.66) | 33.1 | (1.50) | 20.3 | (1.70) | 35.8 | (1.81) | 29.0 | (1.45) | 16.5 | (1.53)* |
| Majority | 25.4 | (1.60) | 32.5 | (2.53) | 27.7 | (2.20) | 34.9 | (1.70) | 26.0 | (1.85) | 24.1 | (1.88)* |
| Quebec | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 23.9 | (1.62) | 31.5 | (1.42)* | 26.8 | (1.73)* | 35.1 | (1.57) | 25.3 | (1.26) | 25.1 | (1.53) |
| Majority | 20.1 | (1.02) | 15.3 | (1.15)* | 41.2 | (1.30)* | 38.6 | (0.94) | 21.5 | (1.01) | 23.5 | (0.98) |
| Ontario | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 31.6 | (1.63) | 32.6 | (2.22) | 21.9 | (1.77)* | 38.2 | (1.42)* | 25.2 | (1.58)* | 20.6 | (1.18)* |
| Majority | 37.0 | (1.14) | 38.5 | (1.34) | 15.3 | (0.98)* | 42.5 | (1.20)* | 32.5 | (1.22)* | 14.6 | (0.68)* |
| Manitoba | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 21.1 | (1.84) | 11.1 | (1.95)*E | 38.5 | (2.42)* | 36.3 | (3.19) | 22.9 | (2.63) | 22.1 | (2.65) |
| Majority | 25.4 | (1.09) | 28.2 | (1.69)* | 27.3 | (1.25)* | 34.5 | (1.33) | 22.9 | (1.42) | 26.1 | (1.39) |
| Alberta | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 21.2 | (2.61)* | 40.5 | (6.04) | 22.5 | (4.37)E | 30.9 | (4.26) | 31.1 | (3.78) | 21.4 | (4.83)E |
| Majority | 33.2 | (1.27)* | 35.6 | (1.44) | 20.6 | (1.38) | 39.8 | (1.42) | 28.5 | (1.45) | 20.0 | (1.38) |
| British Columbia | ||||||||||||
| Minority | 31.8 | (5.66)E | 41.2 | (7.42)E | 11.9 | (3.30)E | 32.0 | (4.39) | 33.1 | (8.22)E | 17.5 | (4.74)E |
| Majority | 33.4 | (1.23) | 43.2 | (1.62) | 15.7 | (1.29) | 38.0 | (1.21) | 36.1 | (1.29) | 17.0 | (1.09) |
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* indicates a significant difference between minority and majority populations at the Canada level or within the same province Euse with caution 1. Includes all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador. Source: Programme for International Student Assessment, 2009, OECD. |
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