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| Home environment variables | Often independent in cleanliness | |
|---|---|---|
Percent |
Standard error (SE) |
|
| Total (n=3,884) | 85.3 |
0.78 |
Level of positive interaction with parent (n=3,848) |
||
| Not high | 80.8 |
2.06 |
| High | 86.2 |
0.83 |
Frequency of reading to the child (n=3,884) |
||
| Not daily | 82.7 |
1.35 |
| Daily | 87.0 |
0.95 |
Frequency of number use with the child (n=3,884) |
||
| Not daily | 81.51 |
1.31 |
| Daily | 87.9 |
0.91 |
Frequency of participation in organized sports (n=3,883) |
||
| Not weekly | 84.0 |
1.18 |
| Weekly | 86.8 |
1.04 |
Frequency of participation in unorganized sports (n=3,882) |
||
| Not weekly | 81.61 |
1.43 |
| Weekly | 87.3 |
0.88 |
Frequency of lessons in physical activities (n=3,883) |
||
| Not weekly | 84.2 |
1.00 |
| Weekly | 87.6 |
1.20 |
Frequency of lessons in the arts (n=3,879) |
||
| Not weekly | 85.1 |
0.85 |
| Weekly | 87.1 |
1.91 |
| 1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels. | ||
| Notes: Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of home environment variables. Substantive differences are defined as percentage differences of 5 points or more. Numbers vary due to missing data for some home environment variables. |
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| Data source: Statistics Canada, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, 2002/2003. | ||
| Table source: Statistics Canada, 2006, Readiness to Learn at School Among Five-year-old Children in Canada, Number 4 in the Children and Youth Research Paper Series, catalogue number 89-599-XWE2006004. | ||