CRIC Bilingualism Survey Data – January 2004

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Specifics

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Question #95

How important is it to you that [your children/children in your community] learn to speak a language other than [English/French]? Is it very, somewhat, not very or not at all important?

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Sample Size (Unweighted)

Important / Not Important
ROC / 78 / 22 / 1502
ROC/Anglophones / 77 / 23 / 1385
QC/Francophones / 98 / 2 / 430
Regions (Anglophones only) / Important / Not Important
Atlantic / 89 / 11 / 215
Ontario / 77 / 23 / 517
Manitoba / 76 / 24 / 129
Saskatchewan / 67 / 33 / 119
Alberta / 74 / 26 / 192
British Columbia / 73 / 27 / 213

Gender

/ Important / Not Important
Male/ROC/Anglophone / 74 / 26 / 679
Female/ROC/Anglophone / 79 / 21 / 706
Male/QC/Francophone / 98 / 2 / 220
Female/QC/Francophone / 99 / 1 / 210
Male/18-29/ROC/Anglophone / 75 / 25 / 133
Female/18-29/ROC/Anglophone / 87 / 12 / 99
Male/18-29/QC/Francophone / 96 / 4 / 47
/ Female/18-29/QC/Francophone / 100 / 0 / 44

Age

/ Important / Not Important
18-29/ROC/Anglophone / 80 / 19 / 232
29-44/ROC/Anglophone / 78 / 22 / 428
45-59/ROC/Anglophone / 73 / 27 / 414
60+/ROC/Anglophone / 75 / 25 / 311
18-29/QC/Francophone / 98 / 2 / 91
29-44/QC/Francophone / 98 / 2 / 134
45-59/QC/Francophone / 99 / 1 / 115
60+/QC/Francophone / 99 / 1 / 90

Kids at home or not?

/ Important / Not Important
Has kids/ROC/Anglophone / 80 / 20 / 492
Has kids/QC/Francophone / 98 / 2 / 157
No kids/ROC/Anglophone / 75 / 25 / 891
No kids/QC/Francophone / 99 / 2 / 273

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Specifics

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Question #96

If [your children/children in your community] were to learn to speak another language, which language other than [English/French] would it be most important for them to learn?

/ Sample Size
/ / English / French / Other / None/ DK/NA
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ROC

/ 2 / 72 / 24 / 3 / 1502

ROC/q95 Important

/ 2 / 73 / 24 / 1 / 1165
ROC/q95 Not Important / 1 / 67 / 24 / 9 / 334

ROC/Anglophones

/ 1 / 74 / 23 / 3 / 1385
ROC/Anglophones/q95 Important
/ 1 / 76 / 23 / 1 / 1057
ROC/Anglophones/q95 Not Important / 1 / 67 / 23 / 9 / 326

QC/Francophones

/ 93 / 2 / 5 / 1 / 430

QC/Francophones/q95 Important

/ 93 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 423
QC/Francophones/q95 Not Important / 71 / 0 / 29 / 0 / 7
Regions (Anglophones only) / English / French / Other / None/ DK/NA
Atlantic / 3 / 88 / 7 / 2 / 215

Atlantic/q95 Important

/ 3 / 89 / 6 / 2 / 189
Atlantic/q95 Not Important / 0 / 79 / 14 / 7 / 26
Ontario / 0 / 81 / 17 / 2 / 517
ON/q95 Important
/ 0 / 83 / 17 / 0 / 396
ON/q95 Not Important / 1 / 74 / 16 / 8 / 120
Manitoba / 0 / 69 / 28 / 2 / 129
MB/q95 Important
/ 0 / 69 / 30 / 2 / 97
MB/q95 Not Important / 0 / 67 / 22 / 12 / 32
Saskatchewan / 0 / 60 / 35 / 5 / 119
SK/q95 Important
/ 0 / 67 / 29 / 5 / 79
SK/q95 Not Important / 0 / 50 / 45 / 5 / 40
Alberta / 0 / 65 / 31 / 4 / 192
AB/q95 Important
/ 0 / 68 / 30 / 2 / 141
AB/q95 Not Important / 0 / 55 / 35 / 10 / 51
British Columbia / 0 / 58 / 38 / 4 / 213
BC/q95 Important
/ 1 / 55 / 42 / 2 / 155
BC/q95 Not Important / 0 / 64 / 27 / 10 / 57
Gender / English / French / Other / None/ DK/NA / Sample Size
Male/ROC/Anglophone / 1 / 71 / 26 / 3 / 679
Male/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important / 1 / 72 / 26 / 2 / 497
Male/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 65 / 27 / 9 / 182
Female/ROC/Anglophone / 2 / 76 / 20 / 3 / 706
Female/ROC/Anglphone/q95 Important
/ 0 / 78 / 21 / 1 / 560
Female/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important
/ 1 / 69 / 19 / 10 / 144
Male/QC/Francophone / 93 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 220
Male/QC/Francophone/q95 Important
/ 93 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 216
Male/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 75 / 0 / 25 / 0 / 4
Female/QC/Francophone / 93 / 1 / 6 / 0 / 210
Female/QC/Francophone/q95 Important
/ 94 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 207
Female/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 67 / 0 / 33 / 0 / 3
Male/18-29/ROC/Anglophone / 1 / 69 / 27 / 3 / 133
Male/18-29/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important
/ 1 / 70 / 26 / 3 / 98
Male/18-29/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 66 / 29 / 6 / 35
Female/18-29/ROC/Anglophone / 0 / 78 / 23 / 0 / 99
Female/18-29/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important
/ 0 / 77 / 23 / 0 / 85
Female/18-29/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 77 / 23 / 0 / 13
Male/18-29/QC/Francophone / 98 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 47
Male/18-29/QC/Francophone/q95 Important
/ 98 / 0 / 2 / 0 / 45
Male/18-29/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
Female/18-29/QC/Francophone / 96 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 44
Female/18-29/QC/Francophone/q95 Important / 96 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 44
Female/18-29/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0
Age / English / French / Other / None/ DK/NA / Sample Size
18-29/ROC/Anglophone / 0 / 73 / 25 / 2 / 2329
18-29/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important / 1 / 74 / 25 / 2 / 183
18-29/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 69 / 27 / 4 / 48
29-44/ROC/Anglophone / 0 / 77 / 21 / 2 / 428
29-44/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important / 0 / 78 / 21 / 0 / 329
29-44/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 71 / 21 / 7 / 99
45-59/ROC/Anglophone / 1 / 71 / 25 / 3 / 414
45-59/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important / 1 / 72 / 26 / 1 / 308
45-59/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 67 / 25 / 7 / 106
60+/ROC/Anglophone / 1 / 74 / 21 / 4 / 311
60+/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important / 0 / 78 / 21 / 1 / 237
60+/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 2 / 61 / 21 / 16 / 73
18-29/QC/Francophone / 97 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 91
18-29/QC/Francophone/q95 Important / 97 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 89
18-29/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 2
29-44/QC/Francophone / 94 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 134
29-44/QC/Francophone/q95 Important / 94 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 131
29-44/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
45-59/QC/Francophone / 93 / 0 / 7 / 0 / 115
45-59/QC/Francophone/q95 Important / 94 / 0 / 6 / 0 / 114
45-59/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 0 / 100 / 0 / 1
60+/QC/Francophone / 87 / 4 / 5 / 3 / 90
60+/QC/Francophone/q95 Important / 88 / 4 / 4 / 3 / 89
60+/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 0 / 100 / 0 / 1
Kids at home or not? / English / French / Other / None/ DK/NA
Has kids/ROC/Anglophone / 0 / 76 / 22 / 2 / 492
Has kids/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important / 1 / 77 / 21 / 1 / 385
Has kids/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 0 / 71 / 24 / 5 / 106
Has kids/QC/Francophone / 94 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 157
Has kids/QC/Francophone/q95 Important / 94 / 1 / 5 / 0 / 154
Has kids/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 100 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 3
No kids/ROC/Anglophone / 1 / 72 / 23 / 3 / 891
No kids/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Important / 1 / 75 / 24 / 1 / 670
No kids/ROC/Anglophone/q95 Not Important / 1 / 66 / 23 / 11 / 220
No kids/QC/Francophone / 93 / 2 / 5 / 1 / 273
No kids/QC/Francophone/q95 Important / 93 / 2 / 4 / 1 / 269
No kids/QC/Francophone/q95 Not Important / 50 / 0 / 50 / 0 / 4

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