Table D-32 Home environment – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children who participated in lessons in the arts at least weekly by child and family characteristics at age 5

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Table D-32
Home environment – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children who participated in lessons in the arts at least weekly by child and family characteristics at age 5
	Lessons in the arts at least weekly
Percent	Standard error (SE)
Total (n=3,883)	13.6	0.80
Sex of child (n=3,883)
Female	16.0	1.18
Male	11.2	0.91
Household income level (n=3,883)
Below low income cut-off (LICO) (level 1)	13.8	1.93
LICO to less than 2 times LICO (level 2)	10.3¹	0.99
Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO (level 3)	14.9	1.43
Three times LICO or above (level 4)	17.9	1.91
Parent education level (n=3,823)
High school or less	8.9²	1.20
More than high school	16.3	1.05
Family structure (n=3,883)
One-parent family	12.0	1.93
Two-parent family	13.8	0.83
Country of birth of parent (n=3,805)
Parent born outside Canada	14.3	1.73
Parent born in Canada	13.3	0.90
Kindergarten attendance (n=3,808)
Not in kindergarten	8.6³	1.61
In kindergarten	14.0	0.85
Community size (n=3,883)
Rural (level 1)	9.4⁴	1.69
Under 30,000 (level 2)	11.9	1.69
30,000 to under 100,000 (level 3)	8.3⁴	2.18
100,000 to under 500,000 (level 4)	14.9	2.01
500,000 and over (level 5)	16.2	1.19
Province of residence (n=3,883)
Newfoundland and Labrador	15.3	2.19
Prince Edward Island	9.7	2.29
Nova Scotia	12.6	2.12
New Brunswick	7.8	1.80
Quebec	9.7	1.22
Ontario	14.8	1.40
Manitoba	12.2	1.62
Saskatchewan	11.2	1.68
Alberta	13.7	2.38
British Columbia	18.4	2.98
1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between level 2 and level 4. 2. Statistically significant and substantive differences between levels. 3. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels. 4. Statistically significant and substantive difference between level 1 and level 5; between level 3 and level 5.
Notes Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of parent education level; p<0.008 for differences among 4 levels of household income level (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons). Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of kindergarten attendance; p<0.005 for differences among 5 levels of community size (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons). Substantive differences are defined as percentage differences of 5 points or more. Numbers vary due to missing data for some child and family characteristics. 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.

Table D-32
Home environment – Percent and standard errors (SE) of children who participated in lessons in the arts at least weekly by child and family characteristics at age 5

Lessons in the arts at least weekly

Percent

Standard error (SE)

Total (n=3,883)

13.6

0.80

Sex of child (n=3,883)

Female

16.0

1.18

Male

11.2

0.91

Household income level (n=3,883)

Below low income cut-off (LICO) (level 1)

13.8

1.93

LICO to less than 2 times LICO (level 2)

10.3¹

0.99

Two times LICO to less than 3 times LICO (level 3)

14.9

1.43

Three times LICO or above (level 4)

17.9

1.91

Parent education level (n=3,823)

High school or less

8.9²

1.20

More than high school

16.3

1.05

Family structure (n=3,883)

One-parent family

12.0

1.93

Two-parent family

13.8

0.83

Country of birth of parent (n=3,805)

Parent born outside Canada

14.3

1.73

Parent born in Canada

13.3

0.90

Kindergarten attendance (n=3,808)

Not in kindergarten

8.6³

1.61

In kindergarten

14.0

0.85

Community size (n=3,883)

Rural (level 1)

9.4⁴

1.69

Under 30,000 (level 2)

11.9

1.69

30,000 to under 100,000 (level 3)

8.3⁴

2.18

100,000 to under 500,000 (level 4)

14.9

2.01

500,000 and over (level 5)

16.2

1.19

Province of residence (n=3,883)

Newfoundland and Labrador

15.3

2.19

Prince Edward Island

9.7

2.29

Nova Scotia

12.6

2.12

New Brunswick

7.8

1.80

Quebec

9.7

1.22

Ontario

14.8

1.40

Manitoba

12.2

1.62

Saskatchewan

11.2

1.68

Alberta

13.7

2.38

British Columbia

18.4

2.98

1. Statistically significant and substantive difference between level 2 and level 4.
2. Statistically significant and substantive differences between levels.
3. Statistically significant and substantive difference between levels.
4. Statistically significant and substantive difference between level 1 and level 5; between level 3 and level 5.

Notes
Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of parent education level; p<0.008 for differences among 4 levels of household income level (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons).
Statistical significance: p<0.01 for differences between 2 levels of kindergarten attendance; p<0.005 for differences among 5 levels of community size (nominal significance level of p<0.05 adjusted for multiple comparisons).
Substantive differences are defined as percentage differences of 5 points or more.
Numbers vary due to missing data for some child and family characteristics.
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.