Table 4.
Educational attainment measures, 1990/1 – 2000/1
Adult Literacy Proxy (2/3 weight) | Gross Enrolment Proxy (1/3 weight) | Educational Attainment Index | |||||||
Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Gap | Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Gap | Non-Aboriginal | Aboriginal | Gap | |
Australia Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander | |||||||||
1991 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.13 | 0.15 | .659 | .598 | .061 |
1996 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.17 | 0.16 | .686 | .618 | .068 |
2001 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.02 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.16 | .713 | .644 | .069 |
2001* | 0.91 | 0.83 | 0.07 | 0.69 | 0.31 | 0.38 | .832 | .659 | .176 |
Canada Aboriginal | |||||||||
1991 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.05 | 0.76 | 0.51 | 0.25 | .826 | .713 | .113 |
1996 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.03 | 0.77 | 0.53 | 0.24 | .843 | .738 | .105 |
2001 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.02 | 0.79 | 0.56 | 0.23 | .866 | .773 | .093 |
New Zealand Māori | |||||||||
1991 | 0.65 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 0.54 | 0.27 | 0.28 | .611 | .325 | .286 |
1996 | 0.70 | 0.45 | 0.25 | 0.63 | 0.37 | 0.27 | .674 | .421 | .253 |
2001 | 0.78 | 0.57 | 0.20 | 0.67 | 0.38 | 0.29 | .741 | .508 | .233 |
American Indian and Alaska Native | |||||||||
1990 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.03 | 0.77 | 0.63 | 0.13 | .857 | .795 | .062 |
2000 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.08 | .863 | .827 | .036 |
Note: Australian 1991–2001 figures are calculated using age at school-leaving. 2001* figures calculated using educational attainment.