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Table 5
Educational attainment of the Jamaican community and overall Canadian population aged 15 and over, by sex, 2001
| Jamaican community | Total Canadian population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | |
| percentage | ||||||
| Less than high school | 32.9 | 25.7 | 28.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 31.3 |
| High school graduate | 14.6 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 13.1 | 15.1 | 14.1 |
| Some postsecondary | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 11.0 | 10.8 |
| Trades certificate/diploma | 12.7 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 14.1 | 7.8 | 10.9 |
| College graduate | 15.0 | 25.6 | 21.0 | 12.5 | 17.3 | 15.0 |
| University certificate/diploma below bachelor's degree | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| Bachelor's degree | 6.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 |
| Post-graduate degree | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Total with university degree | 9.2 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 15.4 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada. | ||||||
