Table 7-2
Reasons for not completing elementary or high school by sex, Inuit adults aged 15 and over, Inuit Nunaat, 2006

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Reasons and sex Total
count % 95% confidence interval
from to
Both sexes 16,700 100 … …
Wanted to work 1,770 11 9.4 11.8
Had to work 1,430 9 7.5 9.6
Bored with school 2,670 16 14.4 17.5
Pregnancy / taking care of children 2,270 14 12.3 14.9
To help at home 1,520 9 8.1 10.1
No school available / accessible 1,240 7 6.4 8.6
Other 5,090 30 28.8 32.1
Not stated 2,110 13 11.4 13.8
Males 8,530 100 … …
Wanted to work 1,270 15 12.9 16.9
Had to work 960 11 9.6 12.9
Bored with school 1,620 19 16.7 21.6
Pregnancy / taking care of children 130E 2E 1.0 2.0
To help at home 640 8 6.3 8.8
No school available / accessible 660 8 6.2 9.6
Other 2,950 35 31.9 37.2
Not stated 1,130 13 11.6 14.9
Females 8,170 100 … …
Wanted to work 500 6 4.9 7.6
Had to work 470 6 4.5 7.3
Bored with school 1,040 13 11.1 14.5
Pregnancy / taking care of children 2,140 26 23.8 28.6
To help at home 880 11 9.2 12.5
No school available / accessible 580 7 5.8 8.5
Other 2,150 26 24.1 28.5
Not stated 970 12 10.2 13.8
Notes:
The sum of percentages may exceed 100% as respondents could provide more than one response and rounding.
Reponses of 'don't know', 'refusal' and 'not stated' were included in the calculation of all estimates.
''Not stated' includes 'not stated', 'don't know' and 'refusal'.
Based on the population that was not attending school at the time of the survey.
Four regions comprise Inuit Nunaat which means "Inuit homeland" in the Inuit language. These four regions are: Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, Nunavik in northern Quebec, the territory of Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006