Table D-68 Percent and standard errors (SE) of children with two levels of independence in cleanliness at age 5 by independence in cleanliness at age 3 and sex of the child

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Table D-68
Percent and standard errors (SE) of children with two levels of independence in cleanliness at age 5 by independence in cleanliness at age 3 and sex of the child
Independence in cleanliness age 3	Independence in cleanliness age 5
Independence in cleanliness age 3	Not high	High	Standard error (SE)
Not high
Female	24.1	75.9	2.61
Male	22.0	78.0	2.04
High
Female	8.5	91.5¹	0.96
Male	13.8	86.2	1.30
Total
Female	12.1	87.9	0.98
Male	16.5	83.5	1.14
1. Statistically significant and substantive association between sex of child and independence in cleanliness at age 5: chi squared=11.0, 1df, p<0.001.
Notes Statistical significance: p<0.01 for chi-squared test. 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.