Table 2.

Correlations between all variables included in models (variables are described in the methodology section above).

	1. Vocabulary 3.5 years	2. Vocabulary 5 years	3. Vocabulary 6 years	4. Vocabulary 7 years	5. Vocabulary 8 years	6. Multilingual status	7. Majority multilingual	8. Minority multilingual	9. Simultaneous multilingual	10. Sequential multilingual	11. Sex of the child	12. Non-verbal cognition	13. Daycare attendance	14. Maternal education
1. Vocabulary 3.5 years	1.00
2. Vocabulary 5 years	0.61*	1.00
3. Vocabulary 6 years	0.53*	0.67*	1.00
4. Vocabulary 7 years	0.51*	0.63*	0.69*	1.00
5. Vocabulary 8 years	0.48*	0.60*	0.62*	0.74*	1.00
6. Multilingual status	0.02	0.04	−0.03	0.04	−0.05	1.00
7. Majority multilingual	0.02	0.08	0.11*	0.11*	0.11*	n/a	1.00
8. Minority multilingual	−0.01	−0.08	−0.18*	−0.09	−0.20*	n/a	n/a	1.00
9. Simultaneous multilingual	−0.08	−0.05	−0.10	−0.08	−0.14*	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.00
10. Sequential multilingual	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.09	0.07	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.00
11. Sex of the child	0.03	0.01	0.03	0.02	−0.02	0.09	0.10	0.01	0.04	0.07	1.00
12. Non-verbal cognition	−0.08	−0.05	−0.07	−0.14	−0.10	−0.05	−0.03	−0.05	−0.02	−0.06	−0.08	1.00
13. Daycare attendance	−0.08	−0.06	0.04	0.08	0.09	−0.13*	0.01	−0.21*	−0.18*	0.00	−0.05	−0.04	1.00
14. Maternal education	0.19*	0.21*	0.21*	0.26*	0.24*	−0.09	0.12*	−0.01	0.10	0.04	0.04	0.14*	0.03	1.00
15. Family income	0.27*	0.23*	0.19*	0.16*	0.18*	−0.02	0.04	−0.08	−0.06	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.42*

Note: n/a: correlations are not possible since they represent mutually exclusive groups.

^*p < .05.