Early Vocabulary Development of Australian Indigenous Children: Identifying Strengths

Table 7

Summary of hierarchical regression analyses for variables predicting Indigenous vocabulary.

Variable	𝑏	SE (𝑏)	𝛽	𝑃	Squared part correlation	Δ𝑅^2
Step  1						.16
Child gender	−.28	3.65	−.01	.94	.00
Child ear/hearing problem	−3.76	3.93	−.11	.34	.01
W3 Child age	−.17	.33	−.06	.60	.00
Primary carer age	−.21	.30	−.09	.49	.01
Primary carer education	−.30	.83	−.05	.72	.00
Primary carer speaks Indigenous	9.35	5.22	.22	.08	.04
Number of children in home	.16	.98	.02	.87	.00
Family income	.07	1.16	.01	.95	.00
Level of relative isolation	3.95	2.12	.23	.07	.04
Regression 1
Step  2						.04^a
Parent-child book reading	6.81	3.55	.20	.06	.04
Regression 2
Step  2						.05*
Oral storytelling	6.29	2.77	.24	.03	.05

^∗𝑃<.05, ^a𝑃=.06, 𝑁=86.