Table B.2.5
Literacy and numeracy — Averages and proficiency levels of population aged 16 to 65, by highest level of completed education, Canada, 2012
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| Skill and highest level of completed education | Average | Standard error | Below level 1 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 or 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | percent | standard error | |||
| Literacy | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 233.6 | (1.6) | 14.0 | (1.1) | 27.5 | (1.7) | 36.6 | (2.3) | 19.7 | (1.3) | 2.3 | (0.7) |
| High school diploma | 267.0 | (1.2) | 3.7 | (0.5) | 13.8 | (1.0) | 37.5 | (1.2) | 36.5 | (1.1) | 8.5 | (0.7) |
| Postsecondary education - below bachelor’s degree | 275.8 | (0.9) | 1.9 | (0.3) | 11.1 | (0.6) | 34.2 | (1.0) | 41.2 | (1.3) | 11.6 | (0.9) |
| Postsecondary education - bachelor’s degree or higher | 299.7 | (1.0) | 0.8 | (0.2) | 5.2 | (0.5) | 21.0 | (0.9) | 44.2 | (1.2) | 28.8 | (1.2) |
| Numeracy | ||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 222.2 | (2.0) | 19.9 | (1.4) | 30.8 | (1.5) | 31.4 | (1.9) | 15.4 | (1.4) | 2.5 | (0.5) |
| High school diploma | 256.6 | (1.4) | 6.3 | (0.7) | 19.7 | (1.1) | 37.0 | (1.2) | 29.5 | (1.3) | 7.5 | (0.8) |
| Postsecondary education - below bachelor’s degree | 268.5 | (1.1) | 3.2 | (0.4) | 15.4 | (0.8) | 35.5 | (1.1) | 35.5 | (1.0) | 10.5 | (0.7) |
| Postsecondary education - bachelor’s degree or higher | 295.1 | (1.0) | 1.4 | (0.3) | 6.9 | (0.6) | 23.4 | (1.1) | 41.8 | (1.6) | 26.5 | (1.2) |
| Source: Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, 2012. | ||||||||||||
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