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| Home environment variables | Receptive vocabulary score | |
|---|---|---|
Mean score |
Standard error (SE) |
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| Total (n=3,554) | 101.5 |
0.38 |
Level of positive interaction with parent (n=3,529) |
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| Not high | 98.51 |
0.95 |
| High | 102.2 |
0.42 |
Frequency of reading to the child (n=3,552) |
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| Not daily | 97.91 |
0.59 |
| Daily | 103.6 |
0.45 |
Frequency of number use with the child (n=3,552) |
||
| Not daily | 100.2 |
0.55 |
| Daily | 102.3 |
0.50 |
Frequency of participation in organized sports (n=3,551) |
||
| Not weekly | 98.31 |
0.52 |
| Weekly | 104.8 |
0.48 |
Frequency of participation in unorganized sports (n=3,550) |
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| Not weekly | 99.2 |
0.64 |
| Weekly | 102.6 |
0.48 |
Frequency of lessons in physical activities (n=3,551) |
||
| Not weekly | 99.81 |
0.47 |
| Weekly | 105.0 |
0.53 |
Frequency of lessons in the arts (n=3,548) |
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| Not weekly | 101.1 |
0.41 |
| Weekly | 104.0 |
0.87 |
| 1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels. | ||
| Notes Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of home environment variables. 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. Numbers vary due to missing data for some home environment variables. |
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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. | ||