Table 2.

Pairwise Comparisons of School Readiness Indicators.

School readiness indicators	Pairwise Comparison (I-J Difference)
1. Self-care ability	1–2 (−0.02); 1–3 (0.11), 1–4 (−0.29), 1–5 (−0.13), 1–6 (−0.07), 1–7 (0.15), 1–8 (0.34), 1–9 (0.17), 1–10 (−0.05)
2. Social skills	2–3 (0.13), 2–4 (−0.27), 2–5 (−0.10), 2–6 (−0.05), 2–7 (0.17), 2–8 (0.36), 2–9 (0.19), 2–10 (−0.02)
3. Emotional skills	3–4 (−0.40), 3–5 (−0.23), 3–6 (−0.18), 3–7 (0.04), 3–8 (0.23), 3–9 (0.06), 3–10 (−0.15)
4. Motor ability	4–5 (0.16), 4–6 (0.22), 4–7 (0.44), 4–8 (0.63), 4–9 (0.45), 4–10 (0.24)
5. Language ability	5–6 (0.05), 5–7 (0.27), 5–8 (0.47), 5–9 (0.29), 5–10 (0.08)
6. Cognitive ability	6–7 (0.22), 6–8 (0.41), 6–9 (0.24), 6–10 (0.03)
7. Mental preparation	7–8 (0.19), 7–9 (0.02), 7–10 (−0.19)
8. Academic knowledge	8–9 (−0.18), 8–10 (−0.39)
9. Self-management	9–10 (−0.21, p <0.001)
10. Routine behavior	-

Pairwise comparisons that are significant at the corrected level of significance (i.e., p<0.005) are bolded. Positive and negative values of the I-J difference indicates that the value of I is significantly larger and smaller than the value of J, respectively.