Table C.1.2
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Revised) scores for 4- and 5-year-olds, by sex, Canada, 2008/2009

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Table C.1.2
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (Revised) scores for 4- and 5-year-olds, by sex, Canada, 2008/2009
  4-year-olds 5-year-olds
Boys Girls Boys Girls
percentage standard error percentage standard error percentage standard error percentage standard error
Delayed receptive language skills 15.9 (2.3) 13.9E (3.1) 14.8 (2.1) 12.8E (2.0)
Average receptive language skills 69.7 (2.6) 69.4 (3.4) 68.8 (2.4) 71.8 (2.3)
Advanced receptive language skills 14.4 (2.1) 16.6 (2.1) 16.4 (1.8) 15.4 (1.7)
E use with caution
Note: For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Source: Statistics Canada, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, Cycle 8.
Updated April 29, 2011.
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