Comment:

Table 2 shows a set of figures which were obtained in an attempt to discover if the drop in school attendance was consistent for all provinces. Unfortunately, the 1976 data are only available as a total group, from 15 to 24 years. The comparison was not possible. However, we included the data for your information.

A comparison of the provinces shows that:

• Ontario, Quebec, and P.E.I. are the only provinces in which the proportions of school at tenders are above the national averages; while Newfoundland, the Yukon and the N.W.T. are well below .

• P.E.I., Saskatchewan, and the Yukon are the only provinces with more female at tenders than male.

• Alberta, B.C., and Ontario have the highest proportions of part-time attenders. Newfoudland, P. E. I., Nova scotia, New Brunswick, and the N.W.T. have the lowest proportions of part-time attenders, particularly female attenders