Table A.1
Proportion of off-reserve First Nations people aged 18 to 24 who completed high school by age 18, 2012

Table A.1
Proportion of off-reserve First Nations people aged 18 to 24 who completed high school by age 18, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Proportion of off-reserve First Nations people aged 18 to 24 who completed high school by age 18 Females and Males, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Females Males
percentage
High school completion 58.9 58.5
Extracurricular activitiesNote 1  
Participation in sport activities  
Less-than-weekly participation (ref.) 51.6 47.6
Weekly participation 69.8Note * 67.9Note *
Participation in art activities  
Less-than-weekly participation (ref.) 57.3 54.0
Weekly participation 63.8 72.4Note *
Participation in club activities  
Less-than-weekly participation (ref.) 50.4 55.0
Weekly participation 86.1Note * 79.5Note *
Academic achievement and school engagementNote 1  
Overall grade average  
A or B 70.7Note * 70.5Note *
C or below (ref.) 28.8 36.8
Don’t know 19.7 33.6
School absenteeism  
Did not skip classes or arrive late often (ref.) 61.8 62.1
Often skipped classes or arrived late 34.4Note * 38.8Note *
Worked at a job  
Did not work (ref.) 39.5 54.5
One to three times a week 74.2Note * 66.8
Four or more times a week 67.2Note * 58.7
Family characteristics  
Lived with at least one family member full timeNote 1  
No (ref.) 31.1 30.9
Yes 65.8Note * 62.6Note *
Siblings who dropped out  
No (ref.) 69.0 71.8
Yes 44.9Note * 32.9Note *
Mother’s education  
Less than high school (ref.) 40.3 32.3
High school diploma or more 67.6Note * 66.7Note *
Don’t know 17.1Note * 30.8
Parental involvement in schoolNote 1  
No (ref.) 44.0 42.8
Yes 64.4Note * 64.4Note *
Residential school family history  
No (ref.) 74.4 69.2
Yes 49.1Note * 50.2Note *
Not stated 64.5 64.0
Peer and school characteristicsNote 1  
Peer aspirations and risk behaviours  
High aspirations/low risk (ref.) 76.6 79.4
Low aspirations/low risk 35.4Note * 40.8Note *
Low aspirations/high risk 39.1Note * 36.1Note *
High aspirations/high risk 65.2 69.4
Positive school environment  
Low (ref.) 38.9 48.0
Medium 59.5Note * 51.6
High 81.7Note * 70.6Note *
Note 1.

In last year of school.

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Note *

significantly different from reference category (ref.) at p < 0.05

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Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012.
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