Analyzing the Graphs

b

The timing and sequencing of traditional markers of adulthood (leaving home, finishing school, starting work, getting married, and having children) are less predicatable but of shorter duration than the past.

a) True

b) False

a

In Canada, the percentage of women today that have attained tertiary education is greater than that of men in both the 25-34 age range and the 45-54 age range.

a) True

b) False

b

Canada has the third highest rates of tertiary education in the OECD (Organization for Ecomonic Co-operation and Development) countries.

a) True

b) False

b

According to the unemployment data from 1990 to 2007, people with a Bachelor degree always had lower rates of unemployment compared to people with a post-secondary certificate or diploma.

a) True

b) False

a

When overall unemployment is high in a society, the gap in unemployment rates between holders of high-school diplomas, post-secondary certificates, and Bachelor degrees is greater than when overall unemployment is lower in society.

a) True

b) False

c

In the transition to adulthood, which task is achieved first for that majority of emerging adults?

a. Leaving school

b. Leaving parent's home for good

c. Getting a full-time job

d. Being in a committed relationship

e. Having children

d

The school-leaving age in Canada was raised to sixteen sometime between _________ and ___________.

a. 1921 and 1931

b. 1931 and 1941

c. 1941 and 1951

d. 1951 and 1961

d

When was post-secondary education expanded in Canada?

a. Between 1951 & 1961

b. Between 1961 & 1971

c. Between 1961 & 1971

d. Between 1971 & 1981

c

Which demographic group in Canada has the lowest rate of attainment for university degrees.

a. Rural inhabitants

b. Urban inhabitants

c. First Nations

d. Not First Nations

e. Canadian by birth

f. Not Canadian by birth

g. Visible minority

h. Not visible minority