Table 1
Student socio-economic characteristics, by type of high school attended

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Table 1
Student socio-economic characteristics, by type of high school attended
Table summary
This table displays the results of Student socio-economic characteristics Public high school and Private high school, calculated using mean units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Public high school Private high school
mean
Female 0.508 0.459
Immigrant 0.082 0.092
Member of a visible minority group 0.130 0.151
Often has a disability 0.018 0.012
Rural residence 0.238 0.128
One parent 0.154 0.140
Two parents, not both biological 0.115 0.076
Two parents, both biological 0.731 0.784
At least one immigrant parent 0.285 0.343
Equivalent total parental income (2008 dollars) 35,568 44,628
Highest parental educational level  
High school or less 0.340 0.178
Non-university postsecondary certificate 0.367 0.304
Bachelor's degree 0.195 0.270
Graduate or professional degree 0.098 0.248
Number of books in home  
10 or fewer 0.045 0.032
11 to 50 0.157 0.128
51 to 100 0.206 0.135
101 to 250 0.245 0.273
251 to 500 0.211 0.266
More than 500 0.136 0.165
Number of computers in home  
None 0.081 0.026
1 0.558 0.515
2 0.269 0.325
3 or more 0.091 0.135
Notes: The sample consists of individuals who were born in 1984, were in Grade 10, lived in Canada (excluding the Atlantic provinces and the territories) in April or May 2000, and responded to a follow-up survey in 2008. Income is divided by the square root of family size to obtain equivalent income.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A; and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Programme for International Student Assessment.
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