2011 The Palm Beach County Family Study (Full Report)

Table C- 7. Communication Skills of Focal Children by Nativity at Year 5 aAll Mothers Foreign-born U.S.-bornCommunication Skills(N=310) (n=167) (n=143)Focal child is a good listener* 93 96 90Focal child speaks clearly so strangers understand^ 92 90 95Focal child refers to him/her -self as “I”* 91 94 87Focal child uses appropriate social greetings^ 88 85 92Focal child waits his/her turn to talk 69 69 68Focal child can say his/her first and last name^ 89 86 92a Data were weighted to adjust for the oversampling of mothers in the Glades and mothers screened “at risk.” Percentages in thistable combine “sometimes” and “almost all the time” responses.Chi-square analysis indicate that differences are statistically significant at ^p < .10, *p < .05, **p < .01, or ***p < .001.Table C- 8. Language Skills over Time by Sex of Focal Child a% All Children % by Sex of ChildHow ChildYear 3 Year 3 Year 4 Year 4 Year 5 Year 5Year 3 Year 4 Year 5CommunicatesBoys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls(n=305) (n=306) (n=306) (n=167) (n=139) (n=165) (n=140) (n=166) (n=140)Does not talkyet1 0 0 2 0** 1 0 0 0**Mostly 1-wordsentences23 8 2 29 17 10 6 2 22- to 3-wordphrases50 20 5 52 49 21 19 7 3Fairlycomplete, short 23 37 23 17 31 37 36 31 14sentencesLong,complicated 2 35 70 1 4 31 40 60 81sentencesa Data were weighted to adjust for the oversampling of mothers in the Glades and mothers screened “at risk.” Four to fivemothers did not respond to these questions.Chi-square tests at year 3 and at year 5 indicate that girls are significantly more likely to use complete sentences than boys (p