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Table 1
Educational attainment among children of immigrants,1
aged from 25 to 34, by source country/region
| At least finishing high school | With university degree | Sample size | |
|---|---|---|---|
| percent | number | ||
| Africa | 96.0 | 55.9 *** | 132 |
| Caribbean | 96.6 | 26.3 | 273 |
| Latin America | 91.3 | 23.5 | 172 |
| China | 99.2 | 69. 5 *** | 177 |
| Philippines | 98.8 | 39.9 | 103 |
| India | 92.0 | 65.2 *** | 131 |
| West Asia/Middle East | 87.8 | 44.3 * | 79 |
| Other Asia | 90.7 | 52 2 *** | 151 |
| United States | 94.4 | 33.8 | 207 |
| United Kingdom | 95.8 | 37.6 *** | 523 |
| Germany | 93.0 | 24.0 | 215 |
| Italy | 93.1 | 32.2 | 315 |
| Portugal | 91.0 | 25.8 | 85 |
| Netherlands | 94.8 | 26.4 | 214 |
| Other Northern/Western Europe | 96.1 | 34.5 | 190 |
| Eastern Europe | 94.0 | 37.5 * | 162 |
| Other Europe | 95.2 | 45.2 *** | 145 |
| Other countries | 88.9 | 36.9 | 56 |
| All groups of children of immigrants | 94.3 | 37.6 *** | 3,330 |
| Children of Canadian-born parents | 88.4 | 27.5 | 2,689 |
* p < 0.01 (level is significantly different from that among children of Canadian-born parents)
*** p < 0.001
1. Includes Canadian-born children with at least one immigrant parent and foreign-born children who immigrated to Canada before age 13.
Source: Statistics Canada, Ethnic Diversity Survey.
