Participation in extracurricular activities and high school completion among off-reserve First Nations peoples / : Participation à des activités parascolaires et obtention d'un diplôme d'études secondaires chez les Premières Nations vivant hors réserve

In 2011, 29% of Aboriginal people diploma have greater difficulty in obtaining well-paying aged 25 to 64 had neither a high school diploma nor a jobs and are more vulnerable to economic downturns.1 postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree compared Furthermore, the long-term benefits of a high school with 12% in the same age group for the non-Aboriginal diploma, such as higher earnings and addi [...] Nevertheless, the results of this study show no differences in particular factor of high school engagement; family characteristics such as parental education, parental timely completion between males completion: students’ participation and females in the case of off-reserve in extracurricular sports and non- involvement, and family history of residential school attendance; First Nations students. [...] More than in club or group extracurricular In the multivariate model, variables two-thirds (68%) of First Nations activities at least once per week for student, family, peer and school males who participated in sports had a higher predicted probability, environment characteristics are on a weekly basis completed high at 77%, of completing high school included to account for other factors school co [...] Academic achievement and school However, in terms of participation engagement T h i s. a s s o c i a t i o n. b e t w e e n in sport activities for females, there extracurricular activities and timely was no significant difference in the One of the most commonly studied high school completion, while probability of completing high school predictors of high school completion consistent with previous [...] For participation in sport activities and found that females and males example, students who are more high school completion among off- who completed high school were likely to participate in extracurricular reserve First Nations females was especially likely to report mainly As 22 activities may have higher grades and the result of other factors related and Bs.