Early Vocabulary Development of Australian Indigenous Children: Identifying Strengths

Table 6

Intercorrelations between variables for Indigenous vocabulary analyses.

Variable	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
(1) W3 child Indigenous vocabulary	—
(2) Parent-child book reading	.22*	—
(3) Oral storytelling	.28*	.46^†	—
(4) Child Gender	−.03	−.03	.02	—
(5) Child ear/hearing problem	−.05	−.01	.11	.02	—
(6) W3 Child age	−.03	−.15	.08	−.03	.25*	—
(7) Primary carer age	−.16	.05	−.09	.11	.00	.11	—
(8) Primary carer education	−.05	.04	−.08	−.05	.07	−.04	.22*	—
(9) Primary carer speaks Indigenous	.32*	.12	.20	−.01	.13	−.01	−.24*	.03	—
(10) Number of children in home	−.03	.05	.15	.01	.11	.07	.29*	−.20	.02	—
(11) Family income	−.04	−.02	−.06	−.01	−.06	−.04	.10	.35*	−.13	.04	—
(12) Level of relative isolation	.29*	−.04	.08	−.06	.18	.28*	−.06	.06	.41^†	−.10	.00	—

^∗𝑃<.05, ^†𝑃<.001, 𝑁=86.