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Number of ECE activities at age 3 |
Receptive vocabulary score age 5 | |
|---|---|---|
Mean score |
Standard error (SE) |
|
| Household income level: below low income cut-off (LICO) | ||
| None | 93.2 |
1.15 |
| One or more | 94.3 |
1.46 |
| Household income level: LICO to less than 2 times LICO | ||
| None | 97.41 |
0.82 |
| One or more | 102.8 |
0.93 |
| Household income level: two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO | ||
| None | 103.31 |
0.93 |
| One or more | 107.3 |
0.77 |
| Household income level: three times LICO or above | ||
| None | 105.2 |
0.99 |
| One or more | 105.8 |
0.88 |
| Total | ||
| None | 99.21 |
0.53 |
| One or more | 103.8 |
0.50 |
| 1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels. | ||
| Notes Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of participation in ECE activities. Substantive differences are defined as mean differences of 0.25 of a standard deviation (0.25 SD) or more, as follows: for receptive vocabulary score at age 5, 0.25 SD=3.84. LICO refers to the low income cut-off. |
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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. | ||