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Table 1
Percent, standard error (SE) and number of children in the population by child and family characteristics
 
Percent
Standard error (SE)
Population number
Sex of child
Female
48.8
0.00
176,500
Male
51.2
0.00
184,900
Household income level
Below low income cut-off (LICO)
16.2
0.82
58,700
LICO to less than 2 times LICO
37.9
1.02
137,100
Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO
26.7
0.98
96,400
Three times LICO or above
19.2
0.77
69,300
Parent education level
High school or less
35.6
1.05
125,700
More than high school
64.4
1.05
227,800
Missing
...
...
7,900
Family structure
One-parent family
15.3
0.82
55,300
Two-parent family
84.7
0.82
306,100
Country of birth of parent
Not Canada
21.4
0.89
75,000
Canada
78.6
0.89
276,000
Missing
...
...
10,400
Kindergarten attendance
Not attending
11.0
0.72
39,500
Attending
89.0
0.72
318,600
Missing
...
...
3,300
Community size: population
Rural
9.7
0.87
35,200
Under 30,000
23.3
1.65
84,100
30,000 to under 100,000
10.1E
1.71
36,400
100,000 to under 500,000
13.5
1.14
48,800
500,000 and over
43.4
0.95
156,900
Province of residence
Newfoundland and Labrador
1.4
0.00
5,200
Prince Edward Island
0.4
0.00
1,600
Nova Scotia
2.7
0.00
9,800
New Brunswick
2.2
0.00
7,900
Quebec
22.1
0.00
80,000
Ontario
41.3
0.00
149,300
Manitoba
3.8
0.00
13,600
Saskatchewan
3.2
0.00
11,700
Alberta
10.6
0.00
38,300
British Columbia
12.2
0.00
44,000
All children
100.0
0.00
361,400
Notes
Population number has been rounded to the nearest 100.
Total sample number = 3,923.
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.