Special Needs Results/Neighbourhood Results by Domain/Physical Health and Well-Being

The following five sections discuss the EDI results for each Ottawa
neighbourhoodvi by each of the five domains namely:

1. Physical Health and Well-Being
2. Social Competence
3. Emotional Maturity
4. Language and Cognitive Development
5. Communication Skills and General Knowledge

Each domain section discusses what the domain measures, the average scores for
each neighbourhood, the percentage of children who are vulnerable, at-risk, ready
for school and very ready for school and an explanation of how to interpret the
percentile information.

Reading the EDI Domain Tables

Each of the five domain tables lists the number of valid questionnaires in the
neighbourhood, the number of children who are vulnerable, at-risk, ready for school
and very ready for school on the domain in question and the mean score for the
neighbourhood.

Each table also lists the above information for the City of Ottawa as a whole.
Consistent with EDI data across Canada, the data does not show that 10% of
children in Ottawa are “vulnerable”, 15% are “at-risk”, 50% are “ready for school”
and 25% are” very ready for school” even when using the site cut-off scores. This is
largely due to the fact that the data is collected in discrete number form and
upon analysis, has then been transformed into a continuous number.

For example, if there are 100 scores and 37 of the scores are ten, and since ten is
the highest possible score on the EDI the cut-off score for above the 75th
percentile (very ready for school) is ten. As such, the percentage of children who
scored above the 75th percentile is 37% as the highest possible score on the EDI is
ten and all of the 37 children scored a ten. Thus, since there are 37 children who
scored ten and the cut-off score for above the 75th percentile is ten, one must say
that 37% of children scored above the 75th percentile.

Special Needs Results/Neighbourhood Results by Domain/Physical Health and Well-Being