Table 2
Sample characteristics by sex and educational attainment
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| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No high school diploma | Terminal high school diploma | No high school diploma | Terminal high school diploma | |
| mean | ||||
| Number of years of completed elementary and secondary schooling | 10.2 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 12.1 |
| percent | ||||
| Member of a visible minority group | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Aboriginal person | 11.5 | 4.8 | 18.7 | 5.6 |
| First official language learned and still understood is French | 27.3 | 28.7 | 28.9 | 27.3 |
| Has a long-term disability | 5.1 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 2.6 |
| Province of birth | ||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 7.7 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.3 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Nova Scotia | 5.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| New Brunswick | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
| Québec | 26.9 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 25.5 |
| Ontario | 25.1 | 37.6 | 26.5 | 34.7 |
| Manitoba | 7.5 | 5.2 | 8.1 | 5.4 |
| Saskatchewan | 7.8 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 3.8 |
| Alberta | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.4 |
| British Columbia | 6.2 | 6.3 | 8.7 | 9.0 |
| Year of birth | ||||
| 1964 | 45.3 | 39.6 | 43.9 | 47.6 |
| 1965 | 38.8 | 43.0 | 41.3 | 36.7 |
| 1966 | 15.9 | 17.4 | 14.9 | 15.8 |
Note(s):
The samples consist of 2,068 men and 2,093 women born in a Canadian province between 1964 and 1966 with no postsecondary studies and present in the Longitudinal Worker File (LWF) at least 18 of the 20 years from 1991 to 2010.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1991 Census of Population–Longitudinal Worker File.
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