Table E.1.4
Percentage of intergenerational perpetuation of educational attainment of 25- to 44-year-old non-students, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories, OECD and selected countries, 2012Note 1
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| Intergenerational perpetuation of educational attainment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Below upper secondary | Upper secondary or postsecondary non-tertiary | Tertiary | ||||
| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |
| OECD average | ||||||
| Men | 31 | (0.7) | 54 | (0.6) | 64 | (0.7) |
| Women | 29 | (0.6) | 47 | (0.5) | 72 | (0.7) |
| Both sexes | 30 | (0.4) | 50 | (0.4) | 68 | (0.5) |
| Canada | ||||||
| Men | 21 | (2.3) | 46 | (2.6) | 69 | (1.9) |
| Women | 18 | (2.3) | 36 | (2.1) | 76 | (1.7) |
| Both sexes | 20 | (1.6) | 41 | (1.7) | 73 | (1.2) |
| England (GBR) | ||||||
| Men | 34 | (4.4) | 41 | (3.0) | 75 | (3.3) |
| Women | 36 | (4.2) | 40 | (2.4) | 78 | (3.1) |
| Both sexes | 35 | (2.8) | 40 | (2.2) | 77 | (2.1) |
| France | ||||||
| Men | 26 | (2.2) | 57 | (2.4) | 71 | (3.1) |
| Women | 27 | (1.8) | 45 | (2.2) | 82 | (2.3) |
| Both sexes | 26 | (1.3) | 51 | (1.4) | 76 | (1.9) |
| Germany | ||||||
| Men | 32 | (5.7) | 65 | (2.2) | 52 | (2.5) |
| Women | 47 | (6.8) | 68 | (2.2) | 62 | (3.1) |
| Both sexes | 39 | (4.4) | 66 | (1.5) | 57 | (1.8) |
| Italy | ||||||
| Men | 57 | (2.3) | 57 | (4.1) | 57 | (6.8) |
| Women | 52 | (2.2) | 52 | (3.4) | 75 | (6.1) |
| Both sexes | 54 | (1.5) | 55 | (2.2) | 65 | (4.8) |
| Japan | ||||||
| Men | 19 | (4.6) | 47 | (2.3) | 73 | (2.4) |
| Women | 11 | (3.0) | 49 | (2.3) | 77 | (2.2) |
| Both sexes | 15 | (2.7) | 48 | (1.4) | 75 | (1.6) |
| United States | ||||||
| Men | 34 | (5.9) | 62 | (2.3) | 55 | (2.5) |
| Women | 34 | (4.4) | 54 | (2.6) | 69 | (3.1) |
| Both sexes | 34 | (3.2) | 58 | (1.6) | 62 | (2.1) |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||||||
| Men | 27Note E: Use with caution | (8.0) | 51 | (5.7) | 62 | (7.5) |
| Women | 20Note E: Use with caution | (5.2) | 48 | (5.6) | 68 | (7.1) |
| Both sexes | 23Note E: Use with caution | (4.2) | 49 | (4.4) | 65 | (4.6) |
| Prince Edward Island | ||||||
| Men | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 58 | (6.8) | 58 | (9.2) |
| Women | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 42Note E: Use with caution | (8.7) | 82 | (4.7) |
| Both sexes | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 51 | (5.1) | 72 | (4.5) |
| Nova Scotia | ||||||
| Men | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 46 | (7.5) | 57 | (5.6) |
| Women | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 54 | (5.4) | 71 | (5.1) |
| Both sexes | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 50 | (4.1) | 64 | (3.6) |
| New Brunswick | ||||||
| Men | 29Note E: Use with caution | (7.6) | 63 | (5.9) | 54 | (6.1) |
| Women | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 53 | (5.0) | 54 | (4.5) |
| Both sexes | 19Note E: Use with caution | (4.3) | 58 | (4.0) | 54 | (3.9) |
| Quebec | ||||||
| Men | 24 | (3.2) | 44 | (2.5) | 65 | (3.2) |
| Women | 15Note E: Use with caution | (2.7) | 34 | (2.2) | 78 | (2.5) |
| Both sexes | 20 | (2.1) | 39 | (1.8) | 71 | (2.1) |
| Ontario | ||||||
| Men | 21Note E: Use with caution | (4.5) | 42 | (4.9) | 75 | (3.0) |
| Women | 14Note E: Use with caution | (4.2) | 33 | (3.9) | 81 | (2.6) |
| Both sexes | 18Note E: Use with caution | (3.0) | 38 | (3.4) | 78 | (1.9) |
| Manitoba | ||||||
| Men | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 42 | (6.2) | 64 | (7.2) |
| Women | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 43 | (6.6) | 64 | (7.3) |
| Both sexes | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 43 | (4.3) | 64 | (5.2) |
| Saskatchewan | ||||||
| Men | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 62 | (5.8) | 69 | (7.1) |
| Women | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 45 | (5.8) | 64 | (5.9) |
| Both sexes | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 54 | (4.1) | 66 | (3.9) |
| Alberta | ||||||
| Men | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 57 | (7.9) | 77 | (5.3) |
| Women | 35Note E: Use with caution | (8.2) | 32Note E: Use with caution | (5.9) | 73 | (5.2) |
| Both sexes | 28Note E: Use with caution | (5.3) | 46 | (4.6) | 75 | (3.2) |
| British Columbia | ||||||
| Men | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 43Note E: Use with caution | (7.7) | 57 | (6.2) |
| Women | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 42 | (6.4) | 71 | (5.9) |
| Both sexes | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 42 | (5.1) | 63 | (3.8) |
| Yukon | ||||||
| Men | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 67 | (11.1) |
| Women | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 92 | (4.4) |
| Both sexes | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | 51Note E: Use with caution | (15.3) | 80 | (7.4) |
| Northwest Territories | ||||||
| Men | 47Note E: Use with caution | (14.1) | 53Note E: Use with caution | (9.1) | 63 | (8.8) |
| Women | 55Note E: Use with caution | (9.6) | 46 | (5.9) | 66 | (8.1) |
| Both sexes | 52 | (7.3) | 50 | (5.3) | 65 | (6.5) |
| Nunavut | ||||||
| Men | 45 | (7.3) | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | 61Note E: Use with caution | (10.9) |
| Women | 66 | (6.1) | 51Note E: Use with caution | (9.3) | 73 | (10.6) |
| Both sexes | 56 | (4.7) | 36Note E: Use with caution | (7.6) | 67 | (7.9) |
| ... not applicable x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution F too unreliable to be published
Sources: Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2016: OECD Indicators, Table A4.5. |
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