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Table 2
Marginal effects of the impact of teenage motherhood on education
High school graduation | Completing postsecondary education | |
---|---|---|
Baseline probability (%) | ||
91 | 55 | |
Marginal effects | % points | |
Timing of motherhood and marriage | ||
Teenage, married before age 20 | -17* | -19* |
Teenage, not married before 20 | -17* | -14* |
Adult, married before age 20 | -7* | -17* |
Adult, not married before 20 | ref | ref |
Father's education | ||
Less than high school | ref | ref |
High school diploma | 5* | 10* |
Postsecondary completed | 7* | 22* |
Mother's education | ||
Less than high school | ref | ref |
High school diploma | 5* | 10* |
Postsecondary completed | 8* | 19* |
Personal background | ||
Aboriginal | -4* | -12* |
Non-aboriginal | ref | ref |
Immigrant | 0 | 6 |
Non-immigrant | ref | ref |
Visible minority | 2 | -1 |
Non-visible minority | ref | ref |
Elementary or high school education | ||
Newfoundland and Labrador | -4* | 7* |
Prince Edward Island | -5* | 4 |
Nova Scotia | -2 | 4 |
New Brunswick | -2 | -5* |
Quebec | -3* | -2 |
Ontario | ref | ref |
Manitoba | -1 | -8* |
Saskatchewan | 4* | 3 |
Alberta | 2 | -4 |
British Columbia | 1 | -5 |
Elsewhere | -5* | -11* |
Wave | ||
1993 | -2 | -3 |
1996 | ref | ref |
1999 | 1 | 2 |
2002 | 3* | 7* |
2005 | 3* | 11* |
Year of birth | ||
1949 to 1955 | 3 | 4 |
1956 to 1960 | 2* | 1 |
1961 to 1965 | ref | ref |
1966 to 1970 | 1 | 1 |
1971 to 1975 | 0 | -1 |
* statistically significant from the reference category (ref) at the 0.05 level or better Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005. |
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