Report Card on Ontario's Secondary 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 | 0.57 | ||
| R Square | 0.33 | ||
| Adjusted R Square | 0.32 | ||
| Standard Error | 1.42 | ||
| Observations | 538 | ||
| Coefficients of the independent variables | |||
| Coefficients | t Stat | P value | |
| Intercept | -17.40 | -5.52 | ** |
| Percent of target families in which the principal parent claims no knowledge of either official language |
0.06 | 2.07 | * |
| Average Parental Government Transfer Payment Income | 0.00 | 0.23 | n/s |
|
Average number of years of education of the most educated parent |
0.58 | 4.49 | ** |
|
Percent of target families in which there is only one parent residing in the home |
-0.03 | -2.75 | ** |
| Average Age of the principal parent in the target families. | 0.39 | 3.81 | ** |
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. The Ministry of Education 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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