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Table 2
Odds ratios of 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-sport activities	Virtual peer network
	Odds ratios of being participant versus non-participant
	odds ratios
Child's condition
Child's type of disability
Physical only †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Non-physical only	0.9	0.6*	0.6
Both physical and non-physical	0.7	0.6*	0.6
Severity of disability
Mild †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Moderate	0.9	1.0	0.9
Severe	1.0	1.0	0.8
Very severe	0.7	1.2	0.4*
Effect of child's condition on functioning
Child's condition causes disadvantages at school
None/a few †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Often/always	0.9	1.0	0.8
Child's condition causes disadvantages in transportation or leisure †
None/a few †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Often/always	0.9	0.7	0.8
Child receives help with everyday activities because of condition
No †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes	1.1	1.3	0.4*
Overall, the school accommodates the child's condition
Mainly agree †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Strongly agree	1.1	1.0	1.5*
Child's social competencies
Child looks forward to going to school
Sometimes/not often †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Most of the time	1.1	0.8	0.6*
Child gets along all right with friends and classmates (not siblings)
Usually †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Very well	0.7*	0.9	1.3
Age Group
Age 5 to 9 years old †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Age 10 to 14 years old	0.7*	1.2	3.3*
Sex
Boy †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Girl	1.0	1.6*	1.9*
Family support
Parent has high level of involvement in child's classroom activities
No †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes	3.1*	1.7*	1.4
Parent has high level of involvement in school-level activities
No †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes	1.4*	1.6*	1.1
Family structure
Lone-parent family †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Two-parent family	0.7	1.3	0.7
Family income
Under $30,000 †	1.0	1.0	1.0
$30,000 to $59,999	1.0	0.9	1.0
$60,000 to $89,999	1.8*	1.2	1.2
$90,000 or more	2.8*	1.3	1.1
Place of residence
Rural Canada †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Urban Canada	1.7*	1.0	0.8
Environmental barriers
Societal barriers to participation
No †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes	0.6*	1.1	1.4
Personal barriers to participation
No †	1.0	1.0	1.0
Yes	0.5*	0.8	0.8
† 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 2 Odds ratios of children with disabilities aged 5 to 14, living with parents, participating in social activities, 2006

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Table 2
Odds ratios of children with disabilities aged 5 to 14, living with parents, participating in social activities, 2006