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Language Development and Enjoyment of Reading: Impacts of Early Parent-Child Activities in Two Growing up in Scotland Cohorts

Language development and enjoyment of reading: impacts of early parent-child activities in two Growing Up in Scotland cohorts.

Parental level of education, by cohort

	%	%
	BC1	BC2
No qualifications	6	5
Lower Standard Grades or VQs or Other	6	6
Upper level SGs or Intermediate VQs	21	17
Higher grades and upper level VQs	32	30
Degree level academic and vocational qualifications	34	42
Unweighted bases	3926	4325

Differences by cohort (on degree level): p < .001

Household equivalised income (quintiles), by cohort

	%	%
	BC1	BC2
Bottom Quintile (Lowest income group)	24	27
2nd Quintile	21	19
3rd Quintile	19	18
4th Quintile	20	16
Top Quintile (Highest income group)	16	20
Unweighted bases	4186	4841

Differences by cohort (on top quintile): p < .001

Age of child at interview (months), by cohort

Mean age of child at interview (months), by cohort

p < .001

Cohort child's birth order amongst children in household, by cohort

On category '1st': p = NS

Child's sex, by cohort

p = NS

Whether English is language usually spoken at home, by cohort

On category 'English only': p < .01

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