Table D-30 Home environment – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children who participated in unorganized sports at least weekly by child and family characteristics at age 5

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Table D-30
Home environment – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children who participated in unorganized sports at least weekly by child and family characteristics at age 5
	Unorganized sports at least weekly
Percent	Standard error (SE)
Total (n=3,886)	65.3	1.05
Sex of child (n=3,886)
Female	63.6	1.43
Male	66.8	1.45
Household income level (n=3,886)
Below LICO (level 1)	58.3¹	2.46
LICO to less than 2 times LICO (level 2)	61.4¹	1.85
Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO (level 3)	70.5	1.71
Three times LICO or above (level 4)	71.5	2.06
Parent education level (n=3,826)
High school or less	61.1²	1.90
More than high school	67.9	1.22
Family structure (n=3,886)
One-parent family	64.8	2.64
Two-parent family	65.4	1.18
Country of birth of parent (n=3,808)
Parent born outside Canada	56.2²	2.59
Parent born in Canada	68.4	1.16
Kindergarten attendance (n=3,811)
Not in kindergarten	64.8	3.30
In kindergarten	65.3	1.13
Community size (n=3,886)
Rural (level 1)	64.4	3.05
Under 30,000 (level 2)	69.0	2.48
30,000 to under 100,000 (level 3)	68.6	2.67
100,000 to under 500,000 (level 4)	69.6	2.57
500,000 and over (level 5)	61.3	1.65
Province of residence (n=3,886)
Newfoundland and Labrador	63.4^³	3.28
Prince Edward Island	69.8	4.37
Nova Scotia	78.4³	2.52
New Brunswick	65.5	3.38
Quebec	66.2	2.07
Ontario	62.6	1.89
Manitoba	52.2³	4.72
Saskatchewan	60.9	3.40
Alberta	70.1	2.70
British Columbia	70.9	2.79
1. Statistically significant and substantive differences between: level 1 and levels 3, 4; between level 2 and levels 3, 4. 2. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels. 3. Statistically significant and substantive differences between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia; between Nova Scotia and Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan; between Manitoba and British Columbia. 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, 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<0.001 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.

Table D-30
Home environment – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children who participated in unorganized sports at least weekly by child and family characteristics at age 5

Unorganized sports at least weekly

Percent

Standard error (SE)

Total (n=3,886)

65.3

1.05

Sex of child (n=3,886)

Female

63.6

1.43

Male

66.8

1.45

Household income level (n=3,886)

Below LICO (level 1)

58.3¹

2.46

LICO to less than 2 times LICO (level 2)

61.4¹

1.85

Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO (level 3)

70.5

1.71

Three times LICO or above (level 4)

71.5

2.06

Parent education level (n=3,826)

High school or less

61.1²

1.90

More than high school

67.9

1.22

Family structure (n=3,886)

One-parent family

64.8

2.64

Two-parent family

65.4

1.18

Country of birth of parent (n=3,808)

Parent born outside Canada

56.2²

2.59

Parent born in Canada

68.4

1.16

Kindergarten attendance (n=3,811)

Not in kindergarten

64.8

3.30

In kindergarten

65.3

1.13

Community size (n=3,886)

Rural (level 1)

64.4

3.05

Under 30,000 (level 2)

69.0

2.48

30,000 to under 100,000 (level 3)

68.6

2.67

100,000 to under 500,000 (level 4)

69.6

2.57

500,000 and over (level 5)

61.3

1.65

Province of residence (n=3,886)

Newfoundland and Labrador

63.4^³

3.28

Prince Edward Island

69.8

4.37

Nova Scotia

78.4³

2.52

New Brunswick

65.5

3.38

Quebec

66.2

2.07

Ontario

62.6

1.89

Manitoba

52.2³

4.72

Saskatchewan

60.9

3.40

Alberta

70.1

2.70

British Columbia

70.9

2.79

1. Statistically significant and substantive differences between: level 1 and levels 3, 4; between level 2 and levels 3, 4.
2. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels.
3. Statistically significant and substantive differences between Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia; between Nova Scotia and Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan; between Manitoba and British Columbia. 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, 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<0.001 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.