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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table D-29
Home environment – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children who participated in organized sports at least weekly by child and family characteristics at age 5
  Organized sports at least weekly
Percent
Standard error (SE)
Total (n=3,887)
47.4
1.08
Sex of child (n=3,887)
Female
43.91
1.54
Male
50.8
1.46
Household income level (n=3,887)
1. Below low income cut-off (LICO) (level 1)
23.32
2.18
2. LICO to less than 2 times LICO (level 2)
40.82
1.67
3. Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO (level 3)
57.42
2.03
4. Three times LICO or above (level 4)
66.8
2.41
Parent education level (n=3,827)
High school or less
31.41
1.85
More than high school
56.2
1.25
Family structure (n=3,887)
One-parent family
33.11
2.51
Two-parent family
50.0
1.22
Country of birth of parent (n=3,809)
Parent born outside Canada
36.51
2.42
Parent born in Canada
50.6
1.18
Kindergarten attendance (n=3,812)
Not in kindergarten
39.73
2.89
In kindergarten
48.5
1.16
Community size (n=3,887)
Rural (level 1)
36.04
3.67
Under 30,000 (level 2)
49.2
2.00
30,000 to under 100,000 (level 3)
50.3
3.58
100,000 to under 500,000 (level 4)
51.7
2.88
500,000 and over (level 5)
47.0
1.65
Province of residence (n=3,887)
Newfoundland and Labrador
41.9
3.53
Prince Edward Island
50.75
4.87
Nova Scotia
43.3
3.21
New Brunswick
30.95
2.73
Quebec
42.65
2.18
Ontario
52.45
1.79
Manitoba
43.1
4.57
Saskatchewan
52.9
3.93
Alberta
40.5
2.77
British Columbia
49.3
3.49
1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels.
2. Statistically significant and substantive difference between: level 1 and levels 2, 3, 4; between level 2 and levels 3, 4; between level 3 and level 4.
3. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels.
4. Statistically significant and substantive differences between level 1 and levels 2, 3, 4.
5. Statistically significant and substantive differences between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick; between New Brunswick and Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia; between Quebec and Ontario; and between Ontario and Alberta. No other provincial differences were statistically significant at p<0.001.
Notes
Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of sex of child, parent education level, family structure, and country of birth of parent; p<0.008 for differences among 4 levels of household income level (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons).
Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of kindergarten attendance; p<0.005 for differences among 5 levels of community size (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons); p<0.001 for differences among 10 levels of province of residence (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons).
Substantive differences are defined as percentage differences of 5 points or more.
Numbers vary due to missing data for some child and family characteristics.
LICO refers to the low income cut-off.
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.