Early Vocabulary Development of Australian Indigenous Children: Identifying Strengths

Table 4

Summary of hierarchical regression analyses for variables predicting English vocabulary.

Variable	𝑏	SE (𝑏)	𝛽	𝑃	Squared part correlation	Δ𝑅^2
Step  1						.21*
Child gender	4.64	2.34	.08	.05	.01
Child ear/hearing problem	−5.73	2.48	−.09	.02	.01
W3 Child age	1.81	.22	.31	<.01	.09
Primary carer age	−.25	.17	−.06	.15	.00
Primary carer education	.49	.45	.05	.28	.00
Primary carer speaks English	12.41	7.32	.07	.09	.00
Number of children in home	−.08	.71	−.00	.92	.00
Family income	2.85	.77	.16	<.01	.02
Level of relative isolation	−7.85	1.46	−.23	<.01	.04
Regression 1
Step  2						.02*
Parent-child book reading	5.52	1.41	.16	<.01	.02
Regression 2
Step  2						.02*
Number of children’s books	3.40	.95	.18	<.01	.02

^∗𝑃<.05, 𝑁=573.