Table:
high skilled
low skilled

literacy
numeracy
literacy
numeracy

percent

gender

male
5.5
5.4
18.6
18.0

female
6.8
6.1
15.2
14.3

age group

25 to 39
6.6
5.9
16.9
16.7

40 to 54
5.3
5.2
16.6
14.7

55 to 64
7.1
6.8
16.2
15.5

place of birth, location of highest degree

born in canada
6.0
5.7
16.1
13.8

foreign-born / canadian degree
2.6
2.5
4.1
3.8

foreign-born / foreign degree
13.6
11.1
25.3
27.5

field of study

stem
4.6
4.4
11.2
11.4

humanities, languages, arts
14.6
12.3
30.1
29.5

social science, business, law
7.2
6.4
24.2
21.8

teacher and related
5.5
5.9
12.9
9.8

health and welfare
3.0
3.4
12.5
9.4

province/region

atlantic
6.6
6.7
20.9
15.0

quebec
6.1
5.8
15.5
14.7

ontario
5.2
4.6
16.3
16.1

manitoba and saskatchewan
8.1
8.5
24.9
18.2

alberta
8.3
8.0
13.2
12.7

british columbia and the territories
6.9
6.5
19.7
17.6

mother tongue

english
6.2
5.8
8.7
10.3

french
3.3
2.8
7.2
8.6

other
9.8
9.8
24.6
22.9

lives with spouse/partner

no
8.6
8.2
25.4
22.0

yes
5.5
5.1
14.5
13.8

has a child in the home

no
6.0
5.5
13.5
13.8

yes
6.2
5.9
18.0
16.5

extent of long-term illness/health problem

no health limitation
6.0
5.6
16.0
15.3

illness exists but is not limiting
5.0
4.5
18.4
18.1

illness is limiting, including severely
8.4
9.0
19.6
15.4

aboriginal status

not of aboriginal descent
6.1
5.7
16.5
15.5

of aborginal descent
9.6
8.7
29.1
28.0

parental education

both have less than a high school diploma
4.7
4.0
13.6
13.9

at least one has a high school diploma
5.9
5.3
23.8
21.6

at least one has a postsecondary education / less than a bachelor's degree
7.5
6.7
16.4
17.6

at least one has a university degree
5.9
5.9
15.5
12.4

number of books in the home at age 16

25 or less
6.3
5.8
17.7
16.1

26 to 100
6.4
6.4
15.8
14.1

more than 100
5.9
5.4
16.6
17.0

number

unweighted sample size
3,232
2,942
1,043
1,333

weighted sample size
3,010,723
2,737,637
908,558
1,181,644

Statement: graduates of social science, business and law programs with lower literacy skills had a significantly greater probability of being overqualified than their lower-skilled counterparts in stem programs.
Question: among workers with lower literacy skills,who had a significantly greater probability of being overqualified,graduates of social science, business and law programs or their lower-skilled counterparts in stem programs.
Answer: social science, business, law