Table 3.29

Distribution of prose levels, by immigrant status, by highest level of educational
attainment, Canada, population aged 16 to 65, 2003
Immigrant status
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4/5
% Standard
error
% Standard
error
% Standard
error
% Standard
error
Canadian born
Less than high school 66.4 (1.8) 33.4 (1.4) 14.6 (0.9) 6.3 (1.1)
High school 21.8 (1.5) 36.5 (1.8) 36.3 (1.3) 25.2 (1.9)
More than high school 11.8 (1.2) 30.1 (1.6) 49.1 (1.6) 68.5 (2.1)
Established immigrants (> 10 years)
Less than high school 53.9 (2.6) 18.2 (3.0) 7.7E (1.9) x x
High school 26.9 (2.6) 34.5 (3.0) 25.6 (2.7) 19.4 (5.6)
More than high school 19.2 (1.6) 47.3 (2.7) 66.7 (2.6) 78.6 (5.7)
Recent immigrants (< = 10 years)
Less than high school 28.0 (4.3) 11.2 (2.4) 5.6 (1.2) 5.5E (3.5)
High school 39.2 (4.5) 31.9 (6.1) 19.3 (4.1) 18.2E (10.6)
More than high school 32.8 (4.2) 56.9 (5.8) 75.1 (4.0) 76.3 (11.2)

E. Use with caution

x. Suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.

Table 3.30

Average prose proficiency scores, by mother tongue, Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick,
Ontario and Manitoba, population aged 16 and over, 2003
Province Mother tongue
English
French
Mean Standard
error
Mean Standard
error
New Brunswick 272 (3.1) 251 (2.6)
Quebec 281 (4.0) 267 (1.5)
Ontario 283 (1.8) 263 (1.5)
Manitoba 285 (2.2) 268 (3.1)
Canada 285 (1.0) 366 (1.3)

Source: International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, 2003.