Table 5
Academic outcomes, by type of high school attended

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Table 5
Academic outcomes, by type of high school attended
Table summary
This table displays the results of Academic outcomes. The information is grouped by Outcome variable (appearing as row headers), Public high school, Private high school and Private high school minus public high school, calculated using mean and difference units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Outcome variable Public high school Private high school Private high school minus public high school
mean difference
Log of reading score 6.284 6.365 0.081
Log of mathematics score 6.278 6.362 0.084
Log of science score 6.267 6.355 0.088
High school graduation 0.955 0.988 0.034
Postsecondary attendance 0.793 0.909 0.116
University attendance 0.456 0.634 0.178
Postsecondary graduation 0.506 0.667 0.162
University graduation 0.215 0.354 0.139
Graduate or professional studies 0.048 0.130 0.081
Notes: The sample consists of individuals who were born in 1984, were in Grade 10, lived in Canada (excluding the Atlantic provinces and the territories) in April or May 2000, and responded to a follow-up survey in 2008. The test scores were measured at age 15 (in 2000); educational outcomes refer to attainment by age 23 (in 2008).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A; and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Programme for International Student Assessment.
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