Table 7-3
Reasons for not completing elementary or high school by sex, Inuit adults aged 15 and over, Nunatsiavut, 2006

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Reasons and sex Total
count % 95% confidence interval
from to
Both sexes 910 100 … …
Wanted to work 90E 10E 7.0 14.4
Had to work 140 15 11.4 19.6
Bored with school 180 20 16.0 25.5
Pregnancy / taking care of children 80E 9E 5.8 12.0
To help at home 150 16 13.2 21.7
No school available / accessible 60E 7E 4.3 10.3
Other 210 23 19.1 28.9
Not stated 60E 7E 4.5 10.7
Males 490 100 … …
Wanted to work 60E 12E 8.7 19.6
Had to work 110 22 16.3 29.3
Bored with school 110E 22 16.4 29.9
Pregnancy / taking care of children x x x x
To help at home 80E 16E 12.1 23.9
No school available / accessible x x x x
Other 110E 22 16.1 29.4
Not stated x x x x
Females 420 100 … …
Wanted to work x x x x
Had to work x x x x
Bored with school 80E 19E 12.4 25.2
Pregnancy / taking care of children 70E 17E 11.4 24.0
To help at home 70E 17E 11.7 23.7
No school available / accessible x x x x
Other 110E 26 19.0 33.6
Not stated x x x x
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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006