Table 2.
Frequency count for female players based on birth quartile and playing position in each squad.
| Goalkeeper | Defender | Midfielder | Forward | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | BQ1 | BQ2 | BQ3 | BQ4 | |
| Senior Female | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| U19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| U17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| U15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| U18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| U16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7* | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| U14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| U12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
BQ: birth quartile; * significantly more than expected (p < 0.05)