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

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Reasons and sex Total
count % 95% confidence interval
from to
Both sexes 4,700 100 … …
Wanted to work 840E 18 12.7 24.2
Had to work 980E 21E 14.3 29.1
Bored with school 660E 14E 9.8 19.8
Pregnancy / taking care of children 430E 9E 5.4 15.2
To help at home 300E 6E 3.6 11.1
No school available / accessible x x x x
Other 1,460 31 23.9 39.1
Not stated F F F F
Males 2,190 100 … …
Wanted to work 690E 32E 21.8 43.2
Had to work 520E 24E 14.1 37.0
Bored with school 300E 14E 8.0 22.4
Pregnancy / taking care of children x x x x
To help at home x x x x
No school available / accessible x x x x
Other 570E 26E 16.6 38.4
Not stated x x x x
Females 2,510 100 … …
Wanted to work x x x x
Had to work 460E 18E 10.4 30.0
Bored with school 360E 14E 8.5 23.2
Pregnancy / taking care of children 430E 17E 10.3 27.4
To help at home x x x x
No school available / accessible x x x x
Other 890E 35 25.8 45.9
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.
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