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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.