Table A.1.3.3
Help received other than training allowances and employment insurance by apprentice status, British Columbia, National Apprenticeship Survey, 2007

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Help received Apprentice status in 2007
Long-term continuers Completers Discontinuers
percent standard error percent standard error percent standard error
Wages or other financial aid during technical training, employer / union paid wages, tution, exam fees, books and tools, received grants, loans and scholarships from government, apprenticeship board or Aboriginal band 24.8 (1.6) 24.8 (0.9) 24.0 (1.7)
Wages above legally stipulated minimum for apprentices 15.6 (1.4) 15.7 (0.8) 14.9 (1.4)
Housing, accommodation, meal or living allowance 8.2 (1.0) 9.3 (0.6) 8.1 (1.0)
Daycare 1.8E (0.5) 1.3E (0.3) F (0.4)
Transportation, parking, travel expenses 13.0 (1.2) 12.5 (0.7) 9.1 (1.1)
Employer, union or apprenticeship board provided anti-harassment or workplace orientation programs .. (0.0) .. (0.0) x (0.2)
Programs offered by community organizations, Aboriginal Human Resource Development Agreement, band councils or other support groups .. (0.0) x (0.1) .. (0.0)
Employee assistance to deal with harassment .. (0.0) .. (0.0) .. (0.0)
Employment assistance to upgrade math and reading .. (0.0) .. (0.0) .. (0.0)
Construction industry training fund x (0.2) .. (0.0) .. (0.0)
Financial support from family and friends, living with parents 2.7E (0.6) 3.5 (0.4) 3.4E (0.7)
Other help 58.9 (1.8) 57.5 (1.1) 60.6 (2.0)
Total (apprentices) - number 2,641 (89.4) 6,302 (112.2) 2,135 (80.5)
Source: Statistics Canada, National Apprenticeship Survey (NAS), 2007.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "British Columbia Overview Report 2007", National Apprenticeship Survey, Catalogue number 81-598-X.