Chart 18
Receptive vocabulary score of children who are read daily and children who are not read to daily, population aged 4 to 5 years, by sex, Canada, 2010

Chart 18 Receptive vocabulary score of children who are read daily and children who are not read to daily, population aged 4 to 5 years, by sex, Canada, 2010

Data table for Chart 18
Data table for Chart 18
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Chart 18 Read to daily by parent(s) and Not read to daily by parent(s), calculated using mean units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Read to daily by parent(s) Not read to daily by parent(s)
mean
Females 103.7 97.0
Males 100.8Note * 97.6Note *
Note *

significantly different from children read to by parents daily, within sex, at p < 0.05

Return to note * referrer

Note: Receptive vocabulary, also known as comprehension vocabulary, is measured using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – Revised (PPVT– R). Scores are standardized by age in months and by test language (English or French).
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Young Canadians, 2010.
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