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TABLE 3
EDUCATION OF
FEMALE LONE PARENTS COMPARED TO WOMEN IN GENERAL, BY AGE GROUPS
1981
| % of each group of
women who have attained various Levels of Education |
|
| |
All Women
18+
Lone
Total Parent |
Age 18-35
Lone
Total
Parent |
Age-35-54
Lone
Total
Parent |
Age 55+
Lone
Total
Parent |
|
% |
% |
|
% |
% |
|
% |
% |
|
% |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than Grade 9 |
21 |
27 |
|
6 |
21 |
|
24 |
25 |
|
44 |
52 |
| Grade 9 - 13 |
45 |
39 |
|
51 |
49 |
|
39 |
36 |
|
34 |
28 |
| Non-university, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| post-secondary |
23 |
22 |
|
26 |
27 |
|
23 |
25 |
|
15 |
10 |
| University courses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| or degree |
11 |
12 |
|
17 |
12 |
|
14 |
14 |
|
7 |
10 |
Based on 20% sample.
Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Canada, 1984.
2.3 - Women With Low Educational Attainment
As noted earlier, FIGURE 1 and TABLES 1 and 2
indicate the overall change in the number of Canadian women and men who have
less than a Grade 9 education:
- Among women, illiteracy declined from 25% in 1976 to 19% in
1985, and among men, from 26% to 20% over the same time period (FIGURE
1).
- This general decline is more pronounced among younger women
(age 25-34) where the rate of illiteracy had declined from 14% in 1976 to 8% by
1981 (TABLE 1).
TABLE 4 outlines changes in the percentage of women who have
less than a Grade 9 education in Canada as a whole and by province. TABLE 5
shows changes in the racial/ethnic distribution of illiteracy in this same
group.
Together, TABLES 4 and 5 indicate:
- While the percentage of women with less than Grade 9
education has declined in all provinces, Newfoundland, Quebec and New Brunswick
still record the highest proportion of women in this category.
- The rate of illiteracy has declined more rapidly in rural
than in urban areas. Thus, among women, the disparity in illiteracy between
urban and rural areas has virtually disappeared.
- However, illiteracy remains high among Native Canadians and
among many groups whose mother tongue is neither English nor French.
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