TABLE 6.

Correlations of four semantic domains and sociocultural factors, per language.

Language	Sociocultural factors	Animals	Vehicles	Toys	Food and drink	Total
Afrikaans	Sex	−0.231*	–0.012	−0.235*	−0.226*	–0.270
	Geographic area	0.363***	0.143	0.343***	0.307**	0.368***
	Children (HH)	−0.237*	–0.168	–0.147	–0.154	−0.201*
	Adults (HH)	−0.212*	–0.004	–0.167	0.102	0.034
	Maternal education	0.323***	0.040	0.218*	0.063	0.123
	SES	0.365***	0.028	0.222*	0.047	0.137
English	Sex	–0.037	0.085	0.056	0.042	0.027
	Geographic area	–0.003	0.077	0.054	0.004	0.015
	Children (HH)	0.119	0.083	0.172	0.171	0.245*
	Adults (HH)	0.009	0.071	0.053	–0.004	0.058
	Maternal education	–0.021	–0.034	–0.047	–0.006	–0.033
	SES	–0.080	–0.117	–0.133	–0.126	–0.127
isiXhosa	Sex	–0.067	–0.064	–0.137	–0.073	–0.113
	Geographic area	−0.381***	−0.255**	−0.334***	−0.337***	−0.343***
	Children (HH)	0.212*	0.158	0.121	0.159	0.178
	Adults (HH)	0.004	–0.021	0.023	0.205*	0.091
	Maternal education	0.016	0.059	–0.033	0.027	0.092
	SES	–0.099	–0.077	–0.183	–0.025	–0.056
Xitsonga	Sex	0.014	0.129	–0.045	0.004	–0.125
	Geographic area	0.049	0.000	0.105	0.296**	0.313**
	Children (HH)	–0.194	–0.200	–0.084	0.070	0.022
	Adults (HH)	–0.065	–0.001	–0.059	0.095	0.007
	Maternal education	–0.075	–0.043	0.023	0.023	0.017
	SES	–0.102	–0.091	0.002	0.156	0.127

***Significance at the 0.001 level.

**Significance at the 0.01 level.

*Significance at the 0.05 level.

Children (HH), bumber 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.