Table 4
Demographic profile of students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 2009
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| Language of school system | Gender | Students immigration status | Family structure | Highest level of education of parents | Labour Force participation of parents | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female | Native2 | Second generation3,4 | Nuclear family | Single parent family | At least one parent has a post-secondary education | At least one parent does not work | ||||||||
| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |
| Canada1 | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 50.2 | (0.68) | 85.0 | (0.84)* | 10.0 | (0.67)* | 83.1 | (0.80) | 15.9 | (0.77) | 72.0 | (1.00) | 12.4 | (0.76) |
| Majority | 49.6 | (0.50) | 74.8 | (1.41)* | 14.1 | (0.88)* | 81.7 | (0.47) | 16.9 | (0.44) | 71.4 | (0.74) | 14.1 | (0.48) |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 55.6 | (3.10) | 96.7 | (1.38) | F | … | 86.2 | (2.34) | 13.4 | (2.30)E | 71.3 | (2.85) | F | … |
| Majority | 49.0 | (1.28) | 95.3 | (0.69) | 1.9 | (0.44)E | 78.8 | (1.18) | 19.5 | (1.15) | 67.1 | (1.46) | 13.6 | (0.94) |
| New Brunswick | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 50.2 | (0.53) | 98.4 | (0.46)* | F | … | 82.0 | (1.21) | 16.3 | (1.14)* | 63.7 | (1.78) | 9.8 | (1.01) |
| Majority | 49.7 | (0.82) | 95.4 | (0.87)* | 1.2 | (0.39)E | 77.0 | (1.41) | 21.6 | (1.37)* | 67.0 | (1.88) | 11.2 | (1.21) |
| Quebec | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 49.9 | (1.18) | 82.7 | (1.42) | 12.4 | (1.16) | 83.1 | (1.23) | 16.0 | (1.16) | 71.6 | (1.58) | 15.3 | (1.29) |
| Majority | 50.5 | (0.85) | 85.4 | (2.23) | 8.2 | (1.34) | 81.8 | (1.01) | 17.1 | (0.96) | 68.2 | (1.16) | 11.7 | (0.82) |
| Ontario | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 50.3 | (0.60) | 83.4 | (1.16)* | 10.3 | (0.88)* | 83.0 | (1.19) | 16.0 | (1.17) | 76.4 | (1.33) | 9.0 | (0.80)* |
| Majority | 49.5 | (1.09) | 66.7 | (2.75)* | 19.4 | (1.71)* | 82.0 | (0.87) | 16.9 | (0.86) | 75.5 | (1.42) | 13.9 | (0.92)* |
| Manitoba | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 56.2 | (2.06) | 95.2 | (1.20)* | F | … | 87.3 | (2.34) | 12.3 | (2.21)E | 67.2 | (4.26) | 7.9 | (1.99)E |
| Majority | 50.3 | (1.39) | 79.7 | (1.45)* | 9.0 | (0.87)E | 81.8 | (1.12) | 16.4 | (1.00) | 62.9 | (1.11) | 13.7 | (1.12) |
| Alberta | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 47.8 | (1.87) | 72.2 | (3.64) | 9.0 | (2.38)E | 85.3 | (2.95) | 14.7 | (2.95)E | 72.2 | (4.49) | 9.2 | (1.59)*E |
| Majority | 50.3 | (0.56) | 78.7 | (2.05) | 10.8 | (1.20) | 81.6 | (0.90) | 16.2 | (0.85) | 70.9 | (1.64) | 15.7 | (0.98)* |
| British Columbia | ||||||||||||||
| Minority | 46.6 | (3.32) | 63.6 | (5.32) | 20.6 | (5.18)E | 84.8 | (3.13) | 14.2 | (2.99)E | 86.5 | (3.69)* | F | … |
| Majority | 48.5 | (0.74) | 65.3 | (2.74) | 18.6 | (1.86) | 82.2 | (0.99) | 16.1 | (0.87) | 70.9 | (1.46)* | 18.6 | (1.14) |
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* indicates a significant difference between minority and majority populations at the Canada level or within the same province ... not applicable E use with caution F too unreliable to be published 1. Includes all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador. 2. Native: Student born in Canada or at least one parent born in Canada, student born abroad but at least one parent born in Canada. 3. Second generation: Student born in Canada but parents born in another country. 4. First generation (not shown in table): Student born in another country and parents also born in another country. Source: Programme for International Student Assessment, 2009, OECD. |
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