Table B
Odd ratios comparing characteristics of respondents with math and reading scores with characteristics of those who did not, household population aged 7 to 15, Canada, 1998/1999

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Characteristic Odds ratio 95% confidence interval
from to
Province
Ontario† 1.00 … …
Newfoundland 0.68* 0.53 0.88
Prince Edward Island 0.47* 0.28 0.78
Nova Scotia 0.42* 0.34 0.53
New Brunswick 0.48* 0.38 0.61
Quebec 1.17* 1.07 1.29
Manitoba 0.75* 0.63 0.91
Saskatchewan 0.77* 0.64 0.92
Alberta 0.79* 0.70 0.90
British Columbia 0.82* 0.73 0.92
Child
Age (continuous) 1.03* 1.01 1.05
Female‡ 0.85* 0.79 0.91
Family
Older maternal age‡ 1.00 0.99 1.00
Female-headed‡ 1.18* 1.06 1.13
Higher maternal education‡ 0.98 0.94 1.01
Mother not currently employed‡ 0.82* 0.70 0.96
Mother not employed prior year‡ 0.95 0.86 1.04
Higher Income adequacy‡ 0.95 0.90 0.99
Chronic condition
None† 1.00 … …
Asthma      
Low
 0.80* 0.71 0.91
Moderate
 0.82* 0.71 0.95
Severe
 0.72* 0.62 0.83
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05)
† reference category
‡ reference category is absence of characteristic
§ interview date included as a control
... not applicable
Source: 1998/1999 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.