Table 3 Differences in readiness to learn measures between girls and boys at age 3 and age 5, and change in the differences

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Table 3
Differences in readiness to learn measures between girls and boys at age 3 and age 5, and change in the differences
Readiness to learn measure	Difference between girls and boys
Readiness to learn measure	Age 3	Age 5	Change in difference
Communication skill	girls higher	girls higher	difference remained
Attention	no difference	girls higher	difference appeared
Work effort	no difference	no difference	no change
Curiosity	boys higher	boys higher	difference remained
Self-control of behaviour	no difference	girls higher	difference appeared
Cooperative play	no difference	no difference	no change
Independence in dressing	girls higher	girls higher	difference remained
Independence in cleanliness	girls higher	no difference	difference disappeared
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.