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Children with disabilities aged 5 to 14, living with parents, participating in social activities, 2006

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	Organized sports and physical activities	Organized non-sports activities	Virtual peer network
	Child participates in social activities
	percentage
Child with disability (Total)	63	54	72
Child's condition
Type of disability
Physical only †	70	64	86
Non-physical only	69	53	76
Both physical and non-physical	59*	52*	66*
Severity of disability
Mild †	70	57	86
Moderate	67	55	80
Severe	65	54	71*
Very severe	45*	49	43*
Effect of child's condition on functioning
Child's condition causes disadvantages at school
None/a few †	67	56	78
Often/always	58*	52	63*
Child's condition causes disadvantages in transportation or leisure †
None/a few †	67	56	77
Often/always	49*	47	52*
Child receives help with everyday activities because of condition
No †	66	54	81
Yes	54*	53	44*
Overall, the school accommodates the child's condition
Mainly agree †	63	54	71
Strongly agree	65	56	77
Child's social competencies
Child looks forward to going to school
Sometimes/not often †	61	54	76
Most of the time	65	55	72
Child gets along all right with friends and classmates (not siblings)
Usually †	61	52	66
Very well	65	56	78*
Age Group
Age 5 to 9 years old †	68	53	60
Age 10 to 14 years old	60	55	82*
Sex
Boy †	63	51	69
Girl	64	61*	80*
Family support
Parent has high level of involvement in child's classroom activities
No †	41	42	68
Yes	69*	57*	74
Parent has high level of involvement in school-level activities
No †	60	49	73
Yes	69*	62*	72
Family structure
Lone-parent family †	59	46	76
Two-parent family	65	57*	71
Family income
Under $30,000 †	54	48	70
$30,000 to $59,999	54	50	73
$60,000 to $89,999	67*	57	74
$90,000 or more	76*	61	72
Place of residence
Rural Canada †	56	57	78
Urban Canada	65*	54	71
Environmental barriers
Societal barriers to participation
No †	68	55	76
Yes	46*	52	63*
Personal barriers to participation
No †	71	56	79
Yes	49*	50	60*
† reference group * statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05 Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006.

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Table 1 Children with disabilities aged 5 to 14, living with parents, participating in social activities, 2006

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Table 1
Children with disabilities aged 5 to 14, living with parents, participating in social activities, 2006