TABLE 5.

Correlations of 10 semantic domains and sociocultural factors, of all languages combined.

	Animals	Vehicles	Toys	Food and drink	Clothes	Household items	Furniture	Places	People	Games and routines	Total
Sex	–0.085	0.035	–0.087	–0.052	−0.143**	−0.106*	−0.098*	–0.095	−0.128**	−0.098*	−0.112*
Area	0.194***	0.067	0.207***	0.048	0.107*	0.045	0.094	0.143**	0.025	0.083	0.114*
Language	−0.192***	−0.098*	−0.204***	0.112*	–0.026	0.054	–0.013	–0.037	0.034	0.075	0.027
Children (HH)	−0.124*	–0.072	–0.091	0.096*	0.032	0.099*	0.062	0.016	0.169***	0.067	0.058
Adults (HH)	–0.070	0.030	–0.046	0.130**	0.066	0.097*	0.089	0.031	0.130**	0.041	0.069
Maternal education	0.193***	0.084	0.165***	0.025	0.002	0.011	0.043	0.057	–0.042	0.098*	0.071
SES	0.245***	0.072	0.197***	–0.030	0.001	–0.067	0.030	0.090	–0.032	0.045	0.037

***Significance at the 0.001 level.

**Significance at the 0.01 level.

*Significance at the 0.05 level.

Children (HH), number of other children in the household; Adults (HH), number of adults in the household.

Maternal Education scale: 1 = no formal schooling, 2 = primary school incomplete, 3 = completed primary school, 4 = high school incomplete, 5 = completed high school, 6 = post-school qualification. SES composite score based on maternal and paternal level of education, maternal and paternal employment status, household income, and household expenditure on food.