Report Card on Alberta's High Schools : 2001 Edition
Appendix 2 Measuring socio-economic context
The association of various socio-economic characteristics with the 1998-1999 Overall rating out of 10
| Regression Statistics | |||
| Multiple R | 0.34 | ||
| R Square | 0.12 | ||
| Adjusted R Square | 0.11 | ||
| Standard Error | 1.6 | ||
| Observations | 276 | ||
| Coefficients of the independent variables | |||
| Coefficients | t Stat | P value | |
| Intercept | -0.68 | -0.26 | n/s |
| Average number of years of education of the most educated parent |
0.48 | 4.42 | ** |
| Percent of target families in which there is only one parent residing in the home |
-0.03 | -2.59 | ** |
|
Average Age of the principal parent in the target families. |
0.01 | 0.16 | n/s |
Notes
1 All independent variables are derived from 1996 Census data (aggregated to the Enumeration Area (EA) level). Data was weighted according to student enrollment by EA. Alberta Learning provided enrollment data.
2 Principal parent means the female parent in two parent families and the lone parent in single parent families.
** = significant at 99% level; * = significant at 95% level, n/s = not significant at 95% level
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