Table 3.2

Average prose scores, by mother tongue, highest level of educational attainment,
Canada without Quebec, population aged 16 and over, 2003
  Educational attainment
Primary
or less
High school
not completed
High school
Trade Vocational
Non-university post-secondary
University
Mean Standard
error		 Mean Standard
error		 Mean Standard
error		 Mean Standard
error		 Mean Standard
error		 Mean Standard
error
English (Outside Quebec) 182 (6.7) 251 (1.8) 285 (1.5) 291 (2.7) 302 (2.5) 320 (2.2)
French (Outside Quebec) 179 (4.0) 229 (2.5) 274 (3.1) 275 (4.8) 287 (3.5) 307 (2.2)

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.

Table 3.3

Distribution of prose proficiency level, by urban Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal
populations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, population aged 16 and over, 2003
 
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4/5
% Standard error % Standard error % Standard error % Standard error
Manitoba
Urban Aboriginal 26.7 (2.6) 34.4 (3.1) 29.4 (2.6) 9.4 (1.4)
Non-Aboriginal 17.5 (1.3) 27.6 (1.9) 37.8 (2.4) 17.1 (1.4)
Saskatchewan
Urban Aboriginal 26.5 (2.6) 36.9 (2.7) 27.8 (2.5) 8.9 (1.4)
Non-Aboriginal 13.2 (1.5) 25.5 (2.2) 39.3 (2.4) 21.9 (2.4)
Canada
Total 19.9 (0.5) 27.8 (0.7) 35.4 (0.8) 17.0 (0.7)

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.

Table 3.4

Distribution of prose proficiency level, by mother tongue, Canada, Quebec,
New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba, population aged 16 and over, 2003
 
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4/5
% Standard error % Standard error % Standard error % Standard error
Yukon
Aboriginal 26.5 (4.5) 28.3 (4.9) 32.2 (4.8) 13.0 (4.9)
Non-aboriginal 7.2 (1.6) 21.9 (2.1) 40.7 (4.0) 30.2 (3.2)
Northwest Territories
Aboriginal 36.9 (3.5) 32.0 (2.5) 25.5 (3.4) 5.6 E (1.5)
Non-Aboriginal 8.0 (2.1) 21.8 (2.4) 41.3 (3.0) 28.9 (2.4)
Nunavut
Inuit 61.5 (2.3) 26.8 (2.3) 10.4 (2.5) 1.3 E (0.4)
Non-Inuit 5.7 E (2.0) 22.8 (4.8) 46.3 (5.7) 25.2 (4.8)
Canada
Total 19.9 (0.5) 27.8 (0.7) 35.4 (0.8) 17.0 (0.7)

E. Use with caution.

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.