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HRSD – Learning Policy Directorate
LITERACY in Saskatchewan Implications of Findings
from IALSS 2003
Presented by
Satya Brink, Ph.D.
Director, National Learning Policy Research
Learning Policy Directorate, HRSDC
April 2006
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Key Questions
• What is the level of literacy proficiency in Saskatchewan? • How does Saskatchewan compare to Canada, the provinces and
other territories? • How proficient are residents of Saskatchewan in the different
component skills?• How is literacy performance distributed in the working age
population of Saskatchewan/Prairies?• How proficient are urban aboriginals of Saskatchewan in literacy?• How do age and education affect the literacy and numeracy
performance? • How is literacy performance distributed in the labor force,
immigration, occupations, industries and earning groups? • What are the demographic characteristics of people with low
literacy proficiency and where are they located in Saskatchewan?
Introduction
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Literacy proficiency: the ability to understand and employ printed information in daily activities, at home, at work and in the community. It is not about whether or not one can read but how well one reads.
- Prose: The knowledge and skills needed to understand and use information from texts including editorials, news stories, brochures and instruction manuals.
- Document: The knowledge and skills required to locate and use information contained in various formats, including job applications, payroll forms, transportation schedules, maps, tables, and charts.
- Numeracy: The knowledge and skills required to apply arithmetic operations, either alone or sequentially, to numbers embedded in printed materials, such as balancing an account, figuring out a tip, completing an order form or determining the amount of interest on a loan from an advertisement .
- Problem Solving: Involves goal-directed thinking and action in situations for which no routine solution procedure is available. The understanding of the problem situation and its step-by-step transformation, based on planning and reasoning constitute the process of problem solving. (Only four proficiency levels)
4 Domains, measure skills at five levels :
•Level 1 0 - 225 points •Level 2 226 -275 points•Level 3 276-325 points* •Level 4 326 -375 points•Level 5 376 -500 points
* Proficiency level for modern economy and knowledge-based society
Introduction
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Background information of importance for IALSS results: Saskatchewan
Total population (2003): 994,500
Population 15-64(2005): 652,400
Population 65 and over (2005): 147,100
Aboriginal population (15-64,2001 ): 74,455
Immigrant population (2001): 47,825
Population by mother tongue (Census 2001)
English only 817,955
French only 17,775
Non-official languages only 117,765
English and French 1,375
Eng. And non-off language 7,910
Introduction
Source: Statistics Canada
Gender Distribution
(population 15-64, 2005)
Males : 330,000
Females: 322,300
Population 15 years and over by highest level of schooling
(Census 2001)
Less than high school 297,520
High school graduate 81,800
Trade Vocational cert. 22,500
College education 175,205
University 178,495
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The number of persons (16 to 65) with low literacy rose from 8 m in 1994 to 9 m in 2003 though the percentage
(42%) did not change.
Source: IALSS, 2003; IALS, 1994.
14.60%
24.80% 27.30%
36.4% 38.6%
22.30% 19.50%
16.60%0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4/5
3.1 million
4.6 million
6.7 million
4.1 million 4.2 million
8.2 million
5.8 million
3.1 million
Total: 18.4 million Total: 21.4 million
* Differences at each level between IALS and IALSS are not statistically significant
Change between 1994 and 2003, Canada
IALS IALSS
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Comparisons of provinces and territories based on average scores.
JurisdictionY.T. Sas. Alta. B.C. N.S. N.W.T Man. P.E.I. Can. Ont. Que. N.B. N.L. Nvt
Yukon Territory
Saskatchewan
Alberta.
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Northwest Territories
Manitoba
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nunavut
Prose, population 16 and older, 2003
Mean proficiency significantly higher than comparison jurisdiction
No statistically significant difference from comparison jurisdiction
Mean proficiency significantly lower than comparison jurisdiction
Saskatchewan performance
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In Saskatchewan, the distribution of prose literacy proficiency is more favourable in the working age population compared to 16 and over, similar to
most provinces and territories.Per cent of population aged 16 and older and 16-65 at each prose level, 2003
Source: IALSS, 2003
39 40 40 42 37 39 39 43 38 4235 37 37 41
35 39 35 38 34 38 33 37 33 36 32 35
20 20
27 2921
2323
2621
24
1720
20 21 1719
1720
1720
1719
1315
1214
1214
8 8
23 22 26 25 23 2127 26 28 27 26 26 28 27 28 27 27 26 30 29 32 33 31 32 33 34
26 26
4647
1723192416
22
1420
1621
1520
13181719
1217
717 14141014
11 9
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80
60
40
20
0
20
40
60
80
Level 2 Level 1 Level 3 Level 4/5
Saskatchewan performance
16-6516 and over
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Proficiency varied across domains and population age in Saskatchewan.
Prose Document NumeracyProblem Solving*
16 and older 283 282 272 274
16 to 65
years of age294 294 284 285
Source: IALSS, 2003
Saskatchewan literacy performance
Average proficiency scores, population 16 and older and population 16 to 65, Saskatchewan, 2003
- Below level 3
* Proficiency levels are defined differently for problem solving
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Saskatchewan had average scores at level 3 in document literacy, in prose literacy and in numeracy (population 16-65).
Province or Territory Document Prose Numeracy
Newfoundland and Labrador
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Nunavut Territory
Northwest Territory
Yukon Territory
269
281
284
270
273
279
283
294
290
290
234
280
294
271
282
286
273
275
279
283
294
289
288
232
280
296
257
269
272
262
269
270
271
284
281
279
220
269
283
Saskatchewan performance
Source: IALSS, 2003
Below level 3 in 3 domains
Below level 3 in numeracy but not in literacy.
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Yukon had the lowest proportion overall (31%) of prose literacy below level 3. In Saskatchewan, 33% of the working-age population (16-65) had
an average prose literacy proficiency below level 3.
Source: IALSS, 2003
Percent of population 16 to 65 at each prose level by provinces and territories, 2003
40 43 39 42 42 41 39 38 37 38 37 36 3520
29 24 26 23 20 19 20 20 21 19 15 14 14
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B.C.
Alber
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Canad
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N.W.T
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P.E.I.
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N.L.
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Nunav
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PercentLevel 2 Level 1 Level 3 Level 4/5
Saskatchewan performance
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Source: IALSS, 2003
Percent of population 16 to 65 at each numeracy level by provinces and territories, 2003
Yukon had lowest proportion of working-age adults below level 3 in numeracy (41%). In Saskatchewan, the proportion of working-age
adults below level 3 in numeracy was 42%.
39 38 36 35 33 35 33 35 33 33 32 29 28 16
20 20 20 21 17 14 17 15 16 15 14 11 107
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60
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Per centLevel 2 Level 1 Level 3 Level 4/5
Saskatchewan performance
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Yukon
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Percent level 2 level 1 level 3 levels 4/5
Significantly above Canadian average
Not significantly different than the Canadian average
Significantly below Canadian average
The importance of language: the proportion of Saskatchewan residents at level 3 or above increases by 2% when we only consider people with French and/or
English mother tongue.
Saskatchewan performance
Distribution of the population aged 16 to 65 and whose mother tongue is English or French by prose level, Canada, provinces and territories
Source: IALSS, 2003
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Prose Level 1 Level 2 Total
% Number % Number % Number
Newfoundland and Labrador
18.8 70,000 31.6 119,000 50.4 189,000
Prince Edward Island 14.0 13,000 28.8 27,000 42.8 40,000
Nova Scotia 11.9 75,000 26.5 168,000 38.4 243,000
New Brunswick 16.6 85,000 33.8 173,000 50.4 258,000
Quebec 15.6 800,000 33.0 1,700,000 48.6 2,500,000
Ontario 16.2 1,300,000 26.0 2,100,000 42.2 3,400,000
Manitoba 12.7 90,000 27.0 200,000 39.7 290,000
Saskatchewan 6.6 41,000 26.4 162,000 33.0 203,000
Alberta 9.7 209,000 25.3 544,000 35.0 753,000
British Columbia 13.8 400,000 20.9 600,000 34.7 1,000,000
Yukon 9.0 2,000 21.9 4,000 30.9 6,000
Northwest Territory 16.5 4,000 26.1 7,000 42.6 11,000
Nunavut 45.8 6,000 26.4 3,000 72.0 9,000
Impact of low literacy in the population 16-65.
Total 8,849,000
Saskatchewan performance
Source: IALSS, 2003
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Numeracy level 1 Numeracy level 2 Total
% Number % Number % Number
Newfoundland and Labrador
26.8 101,000 34.3 107,000 61.1 208,000
Prince Edward Island 19.2 18,000 34.8 33,000 54.0 51,000
Nova Scotia 19.7 125,000 30.9 196,000 50.6 321,000
New Brunswick 23.1 118,000 37.2 191,000 60.3 309,000
Quebec 20.0 1,026,000 33.1 1,697,000 53.1 2,723,000
Ontario 21.3 1,759,000 29.1 2,403,000 50.4 4,162,000
Manitoba 18.2 131,000 32.1 230,000 50.3 361,000
Saskatchewan 11.8 73,000 30.2 186,000 42.0 259,000
Alberta 15.1 324,000 29.3 629,000 44.4 953,000
British Columbia 16.7 471,000 27.0 762,000 43.7 1,233,000
Yukon 14.1 3,000 26.4 5,000 40.5 8,000
Northwest Territory 22.0 6,000 29.0 7,000 51.0 13,000
Nunavut 54.7 7,000 22.6 3,000 77.3 10,000
Impact of low numeracy in the population 16-65.
Source: IALSS, 2003
Total 10,681,000
Saskatchewan performance
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255 260 265 270 275 280 285
Numeracy
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
50000
55000
GD
P.p
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capita
NL
PEI
NSNB
QC
ON
MB
SK
AB
BC
Canada
GDP per capita and Numeracy Proficiency, 2003IALSS 2003, 16-65 years
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and numeracy proficiency average score in 2003, Canada and Provinces (population 16-65)
Sources: IALSS 2003 and Statistics Canada
Saskatchewan performance
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Source: IALSS, 2003
Good
Poor
The proportion of the residents of Saskatchewan at levels 1 and 2 varied by 9 percentage points between literacy and numeracy, a
variation similar to the one of most provinces and territories.Percent of 16-65 population performing at levels 1 and 2 in IALSS 2003
5043
38
50 4942 40
33 35 3531
43
72
42
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Prose Document Numeracy
Saskatchewan performance
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Residents of Saskatchewan at all levels of education scored better in prose literacy than their counterparts of most provinces and territories
(population 16 and over).
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
Less than high school High school Trade Vocational College University
Literacy proficiency by educational attainment, Canada, 2003
Source: IALSS, 2003
Saskatchewan performance
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Residents of Saskatchewan had higher scores in prose literacy at every educational level than the Canadian averages.
Mean S.E. Mean S.E. Mean S.E. Mean S.E. Mean S.E.Newfoundland and Labrador 219 (3.4) 265 (4.0) 286 (3.8) 290 (5.1) 321 (3.9)Prince Edward Island 230 (6.8) 280 (5.5) 279 (5.5) 303 (5.5) 319 (7.9)Nova Scotia 241 (4.4) 281 (4.2) 288 (3.2) 305 (3.5) 319 (4.2)New Brunswick 223 (4.6) 265 (5.1) 276 (7.1) 286 (4.5) 311 (7.2)Quebec 227 (2.0) 262 (2.3) 275 (2.1) 290 (2.2) 305 (2.5)Ontario 223 (4.9) 268 (3.9) 279 (3.9) 295 (4.1) 303 (3.1)Manitoba 246 (5.5) 273 (3.4) 291 (4.4) 293 (3.4) 312 (4.4)Saskatchewan 256 (6.2) 282 (7.0) 294 (3.3) 309 (4.3) 336 (5.2)Alberta 241 (7.1) 279 (4.5) 290 (3.8) 295 (4.0) 319 (4.2)British Columbia 239 (4.8) 277 (4.8) 290 (3.4) 306 (4.3) 316 (4.4)Yukon 241 (7.5) 288 (5.6) 297 (4.5) 308 (4.7) 326 (4.7)Northwest Territories 227 (6.3) 280 (7.6) 280 (3.6) 301 (4.0) 324 (6.3)Nunavut 199 (6.1) 269 (7.8) 241 (8.5) 290 (12.3) 311 (6.2)Canada 230 (1.8) 270 (1.8) 282 (1.7) 296 (1.8) 309 (2.0)
Less than high school High school
Trade vocational College University
Mean prose proficiency scores by education level, population 16 and over, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003
Source: IALSS, 2003
Saskatchewan performance
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In Saskatchewan, as in most provinces and territories, the majority of youth had prose literacy proficiency at Level 3 or above. In Saskatchewan, more than 60% of
the population 16-25 were at level 3 or above in prose literacy.
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
40
60
80
Level 2 Level 1 Level 3 Level 4/5
Distribution of proficiency level on the prose literacy scale for youth age 16-25, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003
Source: IALSS, 2003
Youth in Saskatchewan
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75% of seniors (147,100, 15% of the total population) in Saskatchewan had low literacy skills.
100
80
60
40
20
0
20
40
Level 2 Level 1 Level 3 Level 4/5
Distribution of proficiency level on the prose literacy scale for those older than 65 years, provinces and territories, 2003
Source: IALSS, 2003
Seniors in Saskatchewan
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In Canada, prose literacy scores declined with age. In Saskatchewan, people at every age group performed better than Canadians in the same age group on average.
Performance by Age, Saskatchewan
Average Prose Literacy Scores by Age Group; Canada, Yukon and Saskatchewan, 2003
288 292278
221
308
242229
281
258
296297289283
301297293 295
281
200210220230240250260270280290300310
16-25 26-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 65+
Canada Yukon Saskatchewan
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Population distribution of proficiency, 16-65, Canada and Saskatchew an, 2003
14,6% 6,6%
27,3%26,4%
38,6%42,7%
19,5% 24,3%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Canada Saskatchewan
Level 4/5
Level 3
Level 2
Level 141,000
162,000
263,000
149,000
615,000
4.2m
8.2m
5.8m
3.1m
21.4m
Number of people by proficiency level
SourceL IALSS, 2003
About 203,000 residents of Saskatchewan had prose literacy scores below level 3.
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Principal characteristics of people at levels 1 and 2 in prose literacy in Saskatchewan (population 16 to 65).
Level 1• 41,000• 63% were male and 37% were female• 13% (5,793) were immigrants • 59% were employed• 12% were unemployed• Education:
– 48% had not completed high school education
– 42% had completed high school education
– 10% had completed postsecondary education
• Mother tongue– 71% English– 5% French– 24% other
• Aboriginal identity:-17% urban aboriginals
Level 2• 162,000• 52% were male and 48% were female • 6% (8,948) were immigrants• 67% were employed• 8% were unemployed• Education:
– 38% had not completed high school education
– 30% had completed high school education
– 32% had completed postsecondary education
• Mother tongue :– 81% English – 4% French– 15% others
• Aboriginal identity:– 12% urban aboriginals
Source: IALSS, 2003
Low literacy scores in Saskatchewan
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80
60
40
20
0
20
40
60
80
Total Non-Aboriginal
UrbanAboriginal
Non-Aboriginal
UrbanAboriginal
Canada Saskatchewan Manitoba
Level 4/5
Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
Sub-populations – Aboriginals in Saskatchewan
In Manitoba and in Saskatchewan, the proficiency level in prose literacy of urban aboriginals was inferior by close to
10% to the level of proficiency of non-aboriginals.
Comparative distributions of prose literacy proficiency by level, per cent of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, aged 16 and over, 2003
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150
170
190
210
230
250
270
290
310
330
Total Urban Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal Urban Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal
Canada Manitoba Saskatchewan
Avera
ge p
rose lit
era
cy s
co
re
16-25 years 26-45 years 46 years and over
For each age group in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the average scores for non-aboriginal people was higher than those of urban aboriginal people (population 16 and over)
Subgroups – Aboriginal people
Source: IALSS, 2003
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Average scores in prose literacy, urban aboriginals and non-aboriginals, Saskatchewan
231 242 224269 287 270288 307 287
0
100
200
300
400
Urban aboriginals Non-aboriginals Canada
Less than high school High school Postsecondary education
Performance of aboriginals and non-aboriginals in Saskatchewan
Source: IALSS 2003
Urban aboriginals scored lower on average than non-aboriginals at all levels of education in Saskatchewan. (population 16 and older).
Saskatchewan
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66% of those at level 1 and 76% of those at level 2 in the Prairies were employed.
47
60
70
76
54
68
75
81
62
7377
82
66
7681 81
47
67
74
81
50
68
82
90
57
70
7681
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
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Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia Territories Canada
Document Literacy Domain
% E
mp
loye
d
Source: IALSS, 2003
Percent of employed population in each document literacy level, population 16 to 65, Canada and Regions, 2003
Literacy performance and employment
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Average prose literacy scores by labour force status, Canada, Prairies and Saskatchewan
267272
266
292286
281
287
276
298
240
250
260
270
280
290
300
310
Saskatchewan Prairies Canada
Not in thelabour forceUnemployed
Employed
Source: IALSS 2003
Literacy performance and employment
In the prairies, the employed, the unemployed and the people not in the labour force all had an average score at level 3 in prose literacy.
In Saskatchewan, the unemployed had an average score at level 2 in prose literacy.
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Canada
Industries Level 1 Level 2
Manufacturing 445,000 696,000
Trade, finance, insurance, real estate and leasing
325,000 951,000
Accommodation and Food Services
189,000 323,000
Construction 158,000 287,000
Health care and social assistance
140,000 409,000
Source: IALSS, 2003
(Population 16-65)
Low literacy and employment
Total:
People with low prose literacy were concentrated among certain industries, Canada and Saskatchewan
1,257,000 2,666,000*These five industries employed more than 60% of the workers at levels 1 and 2.
Saskatchewan
Industries Below level 3
Commerce 22,472
Agriculture 18,385
Accommodation and food services
16,421
Manufacturing 15,124
Health care and social assistance
13,127
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The majority of knowledge experts scored at Level 3 or above in prose literacy in the regions and the territories.
0
20
40
60
80
100
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia Territories
Regions and Occupation Types
Per cent Level 3 Level 4/5
Percent of Labour force population at prose levels 3 and 4/5 by type of occupations, population 16 to 65, Canada and regions, 2003
Source: IALSS, 2003
1 Knowledge expert 2 Managers 3 Information high-skills
4 Information low-skills 5 Services low-skills 6 Goods
Literacy performance- Occupation
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Workers in knowledge-related occupations tended to engage more often in writing at work than do low-skill information, services and
goods production workers.Index scores of writing engagement at work on a standardized scale (centered on 2) by aggregated occupational types, labour force population, 16 to 65, 2003
Literacy performance- Occupation
Source: IALSS, 2003
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia Territories
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rk In
dex
25th Percentile .95 Confidence interval (lower) mean .95 Confidence Interval (upper) 75th Percentile
Legend Occupation Types1 Knowledge expert 2 Managers3 Information high-skills 4 Information low-skills5 Services low-skills 6 Goods
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Knowledge intensive sectors had higher proportions of adults with document literacy proficiency above level 3. At least 55% of knowledge intensive industry
workers in the Prairies had proficiency levels above level 3.
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia Territories
Region and Industry type
%
Level 3 Level4/5
Source: IALSS 2003
1Knowledge-intensive market service activities
2
Public administration, defense, education and health
3Other community, social and personal services
4High and medium-high-techonology manufacturing industries
5
Low and medium-low-technology manufacturing industries
6 Utilities and Construction
7Wholesale, retail, hotels and restaurants
8 Transport and storage
9 Primary industries
Percent of labour force populations (16-65) at document literacy Levels 3 and 4/5, by type of industry, 2003
Literacy performance- Industry
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All industrial sectors in the Prairies had at least 43% of their workers with proficiency levels above level 3 in numeracy.
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies British Columbia Territories
Region and Industry type
%
Level 3 Level4/5
1Knowledge-intensive market service activities
2Public administration, defense, education and health
3Other community, social and personal services
4
High and medium-high-techonology manufacturing industries
5
Low and medium-low-technology manufacturing industries
6 Utilities and Construction
7Wholesale, retail, hotels and restaurants
8 Transport and storage
9 Primary industries
Source: IALSS, 2003
Percent of labour force population at numeracy levels 3 and 4/5, by type of industry, population 16 to 65, Canada and regions, 2003
Literacy performance- Industry
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In all provinces and territories there was a substantial difference between the participation rates in training of
those with the lowest and highest levels of literacy.
Source: IALSS, 2003
Percent of population receiving adult education and training during the year preceding the interview, by document literacy levels, 16-65, Canada and regions, 2003
0
20
40
60
80
Canada Atlantic Quebec Ontario Prairies BritishColumbia
Territories
%
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4/5
Literacy performance- Adult training participation
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About 53% of workers participated in adult training in Saskatchewan compared to 50% in Canada. About 20% took courses.
Percent of population receiving adult education and training the year preceding the interview, by type of participation, population 16 to 65, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003
Source: IALSS, 2003
Literacy performance- Adult training participation
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10
20
30
40
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60
Canad
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Newfo
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Lab
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New B
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Que
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Ont
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Man
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Saska
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Alber
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British
Colu
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Yukon
Ter
ritor
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North
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Nunav
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Total participation Took program Took course
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74% of Saskatchewan residents had access to a computer at home compared to 76% of Canadians aged 16 to 65 years.
76
6267 70 68 70
7972 74
81 79 77
66
41
0
20
40
60
80
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%
Computer access Internet access
Computer and Internet access at home, percent of adults aged 16-65 who report having access to a computer and the Internet at home, Canada, provinces and territories, 2003
Literacy performance-ICT
Source: IALSS, 2003
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-20
-10
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10
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1 2 3 4 5 6
Canada Saskatchew an
16-25 46-65 Less than high school
Post-seconday educaton
Base group :
-26-45 years old
-Those with high school
- Mother tongue other than French or English
-Urban aboriginals in Saskatchewan
Source : IALSS 2003
Policy sensitive targets appear to be similar for Saskatchewanand Canada.
Improving literacy in Saskatchewan
Regression analysis
Mother tongue
other than French or English
Urban aboriginals
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* Non significative
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Concentration of people at levels 1 and 2 in prose in Saskatchewan (IALSS population 16-65).
Source: IALSS, 2003
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Concentration of people at levels 4 and 5 in prose in Saskatchewan (IALSS population 16-65).
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