Table D-45 Percent and standard errors (SE) of children participating in one or more early childhood education activities at age 3 by sex of child and household income level

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Table D-45
Percent and standard errors (SE) of children participating in one or more early childhood education activities at age 3 by sex of child and household income level
	Percent	Standard error (SE)
	Participated in one or more early childhood education activities at age 3
Total (n=3,874)	50.2	1.02
Sex of child
Female	51.2	1.43
Male	48.6	1.44
Household income level
Below low income cut-off (LICO) (level 1)	37.8¹	2.57
LICO to less than 2 times LICO (level 2)	45.8¹	1.63
Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO (level 3)	55.0	1.97
Three times LICO or above (level 4)	60.6	2.42
1. Statistically significant and substantive differences between level 1 and levels 3, 4; between level 2 and levels 3, 4.
Notes Statistical significance: p<0.008 for differences among 4 levels of household income level (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons). Substantive differences are defined as percentage differences of 5 points or more. 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.