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Statistics Canada - Government of Canada
Table D-43
Means and standard errors (SE) for number knowledge score at age 5 by participation in organized sports and household income level
Participation in organized sports
Number knowledge score age 5
Mean score
Standard error (SE)
Household income level: below low income cut-off (LICO)
Not weekly
92.81
0.76
Weekly
99.7
1.63
Household income level: LICO to less than 2 times LICO
Not weekly
96.31
0.71
Weekly
100.9
0.74
Household income level: two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO
Not weekly
98.21
0.81
Weekly
102.5
0.66
Household income level: three times LICO or above
Not weekly
101.7
1.21
Weekly
102.9
0.92
Total
Not weekly
96.61
0.43
Weekly
101.9
0.47
1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels.
Notes
Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of participation in organized sports.
Substantive differences are defined as mean differences of 0.25 of a standard deviation (0.25 SD) or more, as follows: for number knowledge score at age 5, 0.25 SD=3.47.
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.