Inequalities in Literacy Skills Among Youth in Canada and the United States Statistics Canada – Catalogue no. 89-552, no. 6

Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Background and theoretical framework
Chapter 2 Data and methods
Chapter 3 Results
Chapter 7 Conclusions
Discussion
Endnotes
References
List of figures
Figure 3.1 Literacy scores for Canadian youth aged 16 to 25 by sex
Figure 3.2 Effect of years spent speaking the language of the test
Figure A Literacy scores for youth aged 16 to 25 by country
Figure B Relationship between quantitative literacy scores and parents’ education (adjusted for sex, immigration status, and ethnicity)
List of tables
Table 3.1 Effects of demographic characteristics on youth literacy scores in Canada and the United States
Table 3.2 Hierarchical linear models of within-jurisdiction demographic effects and inter-jurisdiction variation
Table 3.3 Jurisdiction-level correlations between random components for 27 U.S. states
Table 3.4 Hierarchical linear models of the effects of location and engagement in literacy activities
Table 3.5 Percentage reduction in coefficients and variance components
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