Definition of "First- and second-generation children of immigrants"

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Parents were asked in which country they and the student were born. Any student born outside of Canada was defined as a 'first-generation immigrant' and any student born in Canada but with at least one parent born outside of Canada was defined as a 'second- generation immigrant.'