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Reading skills of young immigrants in Canada: the effects of duration of residency, home language exposure and schools - June 2008

Appendix D

Mean reading scores
  Mean score Std. Error
Native born students 537.5 1.75
First generation students 539.5 3.73
Immigrant born students 515.6 5.33
Native students speaking test language at home 539.3 1.80
Native students speaking other language at home 496.6 6.31
First generation students speaking test language at home 549.1 4.13
First generation students speaking other language at home 522.4 6.51
Immigrant born students speaking test language at home 539.0 7.12
Immigrant born students speaking other language at home 503.5 6.29
Immigrant born students residing in Canada for less than 5 years 489.9 8.17
Immigrant born students residing in Canada for 5 years or more 529.2 5.76
Immigrant born students with short residency speaking test language at home 522.4 16.09
Immigrant born students with short residency speaking other language at home 478.3 9.51
Immigrant born students with long residency speaking test language at home 545.8 8.11
Immigrant born students with long residency speaking other language at home 521.4 6.73
Native born boys 521.0 2.04
Native born girls 554.3 1.91
First generation boys 521.7 5.29
First generation girls 555.2 4.42
Immigrant born boys 499.7 5.75
Immigrant born girls 531.2 6.67

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Date Modified:
2008-06-11