Table 1. Socio-demographic characteristics and percentages of PPVT III scores in clinical range.
| Aboriginal | Other Canadian-born | Recent immigrant | All | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | na | Frequency (%) | n | Frequency (%) | n | Frequency (%) | N | Frequency (%) |
| Children | ||||||||
| Gender (% male) | 21 | 11(52) | 29 | 15(52) | 28 | 14(50) | 78 | 40(51) |
| Child age (months) | 21 | 129(21.7) | 29 | 121.7(4.7) | 28 | 120.5(3.6) | 78 | 123.2(12.1) |
| PPVT III % in clinical range at intake | 21 | 6(29) | 29 | 6(21) | 28 | 14(50) | 78 | 26(33) |
| PPVT III % in clinical range at exit | 21 | 4(19) | 29 | 2(7) | 28 | 8(29) | 78 | 14(18) |
| PPVT III % in clinical range at age 7 | 21 | 4(19) | 29 | 4(14) | 28 | 9(32) | 78 | 17(22) |
| PPVT III % in clinical range at age 10 | 21 | 2(10) | 29 | 2(7) | 28 | 7(25) | 78 | 11(14) |
| Caregivers | ||||||||
| Caregiver age (years) | 15 | 39.9(7.2) | 22 | 40.7(6.5) | 18 | 41.4(6.2) | 55 | 40.7(6.5) |
| Partnered | 11 | 7(64) | 17 | 11(65) | 16 | 10(63) | 44 | 28(64) |
| Completed high school | 11 | 6(55) | 20 | 17(85) | 18 | 15(83) | 49 | 38 (78) |
| File opened with child welfare as a child | 15 | 10(67) | 22 | 6(27) | 18 | 0(0) | 55 | 16(29) |
Note: PPVT III = Peabody picture vocabulary test (3rd ed.).
aSample size varied due to missing; 78 children with 56 caregivers.