Table D-23 Social competence – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children reported to often play cooperatively by home environment variables at age 5

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Table D-23
Social competence – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children reported to often play cooperatively by home environment variables at age 5
Home environment variables	Percent	Standard error (SE)
Home environment variables	Often plays cooperatively
Total (n=3,887)	90.4	0.67
Level of positive interaction with parent (n=3,850)
Not high	83.4¹	2.09
High	91.9	0.68
Frequency of reading to the child (n=3,887)
Not daily	90.4	1.07
Daily	90.4	0.85
Frequency of number use with the child (n=3,887)
Not daily	89.2	1.01
Daily	91.2	0.89
Frequency of participation in organized sports (n=3,886)
Not weekly	88.7	0.99
Weekly	92.3	0.85
Frequency of participation in unorganized sports (n=3,885)
Not weekly	86.9¹	1.33
Weekly	92.3	0.72
Frequency of lessons in physical activities (n=3,886)
Not weekly	89.7	0.85
Weekly	91.9	1.03
Frequency of lessons in the arts (n=3,882)
Not weekly	89.7	0.75
Weekly	94.7	1.26
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 percentage differences of 5 points or more. Numbers vary due to missing data for some home environment variables.
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.