Table D-61 Percent and standard errors (SE) of children with two levels of curiosity at age 5 by curiosity level at age 3 and sex of the child

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Table D-61
Percent and standard errors (SE) of children with two levels of curiosity at age 5 by curiosity level at age 3 and sex of the child
Curiosity level age 3	Curiosity level age 5
Curiosity level age 3	Not high	High	Standard error (SE)
Not high
Female	61.5	38.5¹	2.26
Male	49.7	50.3	2.46
High
Female	45.9	54.1²	2.04
Male	26.2	73.8	1.58
Total
Female	52.5	47.5³	1.55
Male	33.4	66.6	1.38
1. Statistically significant and substantive association between sex of child and curiosity level at age 5: chi squared = 11.6, 1df, p<0.001. 2. Statistically significant and substantive association between sex of child and curiosity level at age 5: chi squared = 55.4, 1df, p<0.001. 3. Statistically significant and substantive association between sex of child and curiosity level at age 5: chi squared = 83.7, 1df, p<0.001.
Note Substantive differences are defined as percentage differences of 5 points or more.
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.