Table D-67 Social competence – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children reported to often display independence in cleanliness at age 3, and change from age 3 to age 5, by sex of child and household income level

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Table D-67
Social competence – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children reported to often display independence in cleanliness at age 3, and change from age 3 to age 5, by sex of child and household income level
	Percent at age 3	Standard error (SE)	Change age 3 to age 5
	Often independent in cleanliness
Total (n=3,829)	71.7	0.91	+13.9
Sex of child
Female	76.6¹	1.28	+11.3
Male	67.1	1.34	+16.4
Household income level
Below low income cut-off (LICO) (level 1)	69.8	2.36	+12.2
LICO to less than 2 times LICO (level 2)	72.5	1.46	+12.4
Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO (level 3)	71.6	1.74	+16.6
Three times LICO or above (level 4)	72.0	2.25	+14.4
1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels.
Notes Slight inconsistencies between tables are due to small numbers of cases where the outcome score is not available at both ages. Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of sex of child. 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.