Table 7-5
Reasons for not completing elementary or high school by sex, Inuit adults aged 15 and over, Nunavut, 2006

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Reasons and sex Total
count % 95% confidence interval
from to
Both sexes 10,440 100 … …
Wanted to work 1,030 10 8.4 11.4
Had to work 830 8 6.7 9.3
Bored with school 1,810 17 15.2 19.5
Pregnancy / taking care of children 1,580 15 13.4 17.0
To help at home 1,010 10 8.4 11.0
No school available / accessible 720 7 5.5 8.4
Other 3,110 30 27.6 31.9
Not stated 1,230 12 10.3 13.4
Males 5,280 100 … …
Wanted to work 750 14 11.9 16.9
Had to work 490 9 7.6 11.3
Bored with school 1,110 21 17.8 24.6
Pregnancy / taking care of children 80E 2E 1.0 2.2
To help at home 420 8 6.4 9.6
No school available / accessible 400E 8 5.5 10.3
Other 1,830 35 31.2 38.1
Not stated 680 13 11.0 15.0
Females 5,160 100 … …
Wanted to work 280 5 3.9 7.2
Had to work 340 7 4.8 8.7
Bored with school 700 14 11.2 16.1
Pregnancy / taking care of children 1,500 29 25.9 32.4
To help at home 590 11 9.5 13.6
No school available / accessible 310 6 4.8 7.5
Other 1,280 25 22.1 27.6
Not stated 550 11 8.5 13.1
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