Table 4

Educational attainment measures, 1990/1 – 2000/1

Adult Literacy Proxy (2/3 weight)
 Gross Enrolment Proxy (1/3 weight)
 Educational Attainment Index


Non-Aboriginal
 Aboriginal
 Gap
 Non-Aboriginal
 Aboriginal
 Gap
 Non-Aboriginal
 Aboriginal
 Gap
Australia Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander
1991
 0.85
 0.84
 0.02
 0.28
 0.13
 0.15
 .659
 .598
 .061
1996
 0.86
 0.84
 0.02
 0.33
 0.17
 0.16
 .686
 .618
 .068
2001
 0.88
 0.86
 0.02
 0.38
 0.22
 0.16
 .713
 .644
 .069
2001*
 0.91
 0.83
 0.07
 0.69
 0.31
 0.38
 .832
 .659
 .176
Canada Aboriginal
1991
 0.86
 0.82
 0.05
 0.76
 0.51
 0.25
 .826
 .713
 .113
1996
 0.88
 0.85
 0.03
 0.77
 0.53
 0.24
 .843
 .738
 .105
2001
 0.90
 0.88
 0.02
 0.79
 0.56
 0.23
 .866
 .773
 .093
New Zealand Māori
1991
 0.65
 0.35
 0.29
 0.54
 0.27
 0.28
 .611
 .325
 .286
1996
 0.70
 0.45
 0.25
 0.63
 0.37
 0.27
 .674
 .421
 .253
2001
 0.78
 0.57
 0.20
 0.67
 0.38
 0.29
 .741
 .508
 .233
American Indian and Alaska Native
1990
 0.90
 0.88
 0.03
 0.77
 0.63
 0.13
 .857
 .795
 .062
2000
 0.92
 0.91
 0.02
 0.75
 0.67
 0.08
 .863
 .827
 .036

Note: Australian 1991–2001 figures are calculated using age at school-leaving. 2001* figures calculated using educational attainment.

Cooke et al. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2007 7:9   doi:10.1186/1472-698X-7-9