Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective 2017
Table E.1.5
Barriers to participating in formal and/or non-formal education of 25- to 64-year-olds, OECD, G7 Countries, provinces and territories, 2012/2015
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Child care or family responsibilities | Too expensive | Too busy at work | I did not have the prerequisites | Lack of employer’s support | The course or programme was offered at an inconvenient time or place | Something unexpected came up that prevented me from taking education or training | Other | |||||||||
percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |
OECD averageTable E.1.5 Note 1 | 15 | 0.2 | 15 | 0.3 | 29 | 0.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
England (UK) | 14 | 0.9 | 20 | 1.4 | 30 | 1.6 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
France | 8 | 0.7 | 17 | 1.1 | 23 | 1.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
Germany | 15 | 1.2 | 9 | 0.9 | 33 | 1.5 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
Italy | 19 | 1.8 | 15 | 1.6 | 40 | 2.3 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
Japan | 19 | 1.4 | 8 | 1.0 | 38 | 1.9 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
United States | 17 | 1.1 | 23 | 1.3 | 28 | 1.5 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
Canada | 17 | 1.0 | 19 | 0.9 | 30 | 0.9 | 2Note E: Use with caution | 0.3 | 6 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.7 | 3 | 0.4 | 12 | 0.6 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 9Note E: Use with caution | 1.7 | 17 | 2.5 | 27 | 2.8 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 0.6 | 9Note E: Use with caution | 1.9 | 20 | 2.6 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 0.9 | 15 | 2.2 |
Prince Edward Island | 8Note E: Use with caution | 1.9 | 12 | 2.0 | 37 | 3.8 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.6 | 5Note E: Use with caution | 1.5 | 16 | 2.6 | 5Note E: Use with caution | 1.5 | 13 | 2.1 |
Nova Scotia | 13 | 1.7 | 21 | 2.0 | 29 | 3.0 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 0.6 | 7Note E: Use with caution | 1.7 | 12 | 1.9 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.4 | 13 | 1.8 |
New Brunswick | 12 | 1.8 | 20 | 2.6 | 26 | 2.7 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 0.7 | 9Note E: Use with caution | 2.1 | 15Note E: Use with caution | 2.5 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.2 | 13Note E: Use with caution | 2.1 |
Quebec | 21 | 1.4 | 14 | 1.1 | 25 | 1.4 | 2Note E: Use with caution | 0.5 | 5 | 0.7 | 13 | 1.1 | 4 | 0.7 | 16 | 1.3 |
Ontario | 16 | 1.4 | 21 | 1.6 | 32 | 1.4 | 1Note E: Use with caution | 0.4 | 6 | 0.9 | 10 | 1.1 | 2Note E: Use with caution | 0.5 | 11 | 1.0 |
Manitoba | 14Note E: Use with caution | 2.5 | 14 | 2.0 | 33 | 3.0 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 0.7 | 7Note E: Use with caution | 1.7 | 11 | 1.7 | 4Note E: Use with caution | 1.2 | 16 | 2.6 |
Saskatchewan | 13Note E: Use with caution | 2.4 | 16 | 2.2 | 31 | 3.2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.4 | 6Note E: Use with caution | 1.5 | 17 | 2.7 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.0 | 12Note E: Use with caution | 2.1 |
Alberta | 13Note E: Use with caution | 2.3 | 15Note E: Use with caution | 2.6 | 33 | 3.2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.2 | 10Note E: Use with caution | 2.1 | 16 | 2.4 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.0 | 8Note E: Use with caution | 1.7 |
British Columbia | 18 | 2.5 | 22 | 2.6 | 30 | 2.9 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.0 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.1 | 10Note E: Use with caution | 1.8 | 4Note E: Use with caution | 1.1 | 11Note E: Use with caution | 1.9 |
Yukon | 9Note E: Use with caution | 3.0 | 9Note E: Use with caution | 2.2 | 42Note E: Use with caution | 9.0 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.9 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 2.1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 8.2 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.8 | 9Note E: Use with caution | 2.9 |
Northwest Territories | 15Note E: Use with caution | 3.2 | 12Note E: Use with caution | 2.5 | 26 | 3.5 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.2 | 10 | 1.5 | 14 | 2.1 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 2.0 | 15Note E: Use with caution | 3.4 |
Nunavut | 17Note E: Use with caution | 3.3 | 5Note E: Use with caution | 1.6 | 29 | 3.6 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.1 | 9Note E: Use with caution | 2.7 | 16 | 2.7 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | 1.3 | 18Note E: Use with caution | 3.5 |
.. not available for a specific reference period 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 2017: OECD Indicators, Table C6.1b. |
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