Table 3.20
| Language of core and main task | Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4/5 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
|
| A. Prose | ||||||||
| English | 19.0 | (0.5) | 26.2 | (0.8) | 36.2 | (1.0) | 18.5 | (0.9) |
| French | 22.8 | (1.3) | 33.2 | (1.5) | 32.4 | (1.1) | 11.7 | (0.8) |
| Total | 19.9 | (0.5) | 27.8 | (0.7) | 35.4 | (0.8) | 17.0 | (0.7) |
| B. Document | ||||||||
| English | 20.2 | (0.5) | 25.7 | (0.8) | 34.5 | (1.1) | 19.6 | (0.7) |
| French | 26.0 | (1.2) | 32.3 | (1.2) | 30.0 | (1.1) | 11.8 | (0.7) |
| Total | 21.5 | (0.4) | 27.1 | (0.6) | 33.5 | (0.9) | 17.9 | (0.5) |
| C. Numeracy | ||||||||
| English | 24.6 | (0.6) | 29.1 | (0.7) | 30.7 | (0.7) | 15.6 | (0.7) |
| French | 28.7 | (1.0) | 31.5 | (1.0) | 28.3 | (1.3) | 11.6 | (0.7) |
| Total | 25.5 | (0.6) | 29.6 | (0.6) | 30.1 | (0.7) | 14.7 | (0.6) |
| Language of core and main task | Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Level 4 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
% | Standard error |
|
| D. Problem solving | ||||||||
| English | 34.6 | (0.9) | 36.3 | (1.0) | 24.1 | (0.8) | 5.0 | (0.6) |
| French | 40.8 | (1.5) | 36.5 | (0.9) | 19.4 | (1.0) | 3.3 | (0.4) |
| Total | 35.9 | (0.7) | 36.3 | (0.8) | 23.1 | (0.7) | 4.6 | (0.5) |
Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.
Table 3.21
| Mother tongue | Educational attainment | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary or less |
High school not completed |
High school |
Trade- vocational |
Non-university post-secondary |
University |
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| Mean | Standard error |
Mean | Standard error |
Mean | Standard error |
Mean | Standard error |
Mean | Standard error |
Mean | Standard error |
|
| Quebec | ||||||||||||
| English | 177E | (13.6) | 239 | (8.1) | 277 | (3.6) | 300 | (7.4) | 292 | (9.0) | 312 | (6.1) |
| French | 198 | (6.7) | 235 | (2.5) | 269 | (2.2) | 287 | (3.2) | 285 | (2.9) | 303 | (3.0) |
| Other | 174 | (11.3) | 224 | (8.5) | 239 | (8.8) | 261 | (14.8) | 267 | (9.7) | 295 | (11.1) |
| Canada (without Quebec) | ||||||||||||
| English | 182 | (6.7) | 251 | (1.8) | 285 | (1.5) | 291 | (2.7) | 302 | (2.5) | 320 | (2.2) |
| French | 179 | (4.0) | 229 | (2.5) | 274 | (3.1) | 275 | (4.8) | 287 | (3.5) | 307 | (2.2) |
| Other | 151 | (4.0) | 219 | (4.2) | 240 | (3.7) | 255 | (7.8) | 261 | (4.9) | 282 | (2.7) |
E. Use with caution.
Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.