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SECOND-LANGUAGE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION [1 record]

Record 1 2009-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Population Movements
  • Continuing Education
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

Persons with immigrant background who used to speak a language other than the main national one(s).

CONT

The section on "Poor literacy proficiency among the second-language foreign-born population" ... shows that more than half (64%) of the individuals with immigrant backgrounds who speak a language other than English performed at Level 1 on the prose scale of the National Adult Literacy Survey.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements de population
  • Éducation permanente
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)
DEF

[Personnes] qui parlaient auparavant une langue autre que la ou les principales langues nationales.

CONT

Faible niveau de littératie chez les immigrants parlant une langue seconde. Le dernier indicateur du présent rapport montre la proportion des natifs et des immigrants parlant une langue seconde âgés de 16 à 65 ans qui se situent au niveau 1 sur l'échelle de compréhension de textes suivis.

Spanish

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