Table 1.
Descriptive statistics by gender
Source: RELACHS study, waves 1 and 2 (2001 and 2003)
| Boys | Girls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| % | N | % | N | |
| GCSEs | ||||
| 5+ A*-C grades | 48.1 | 413 | 64.2 | 559 |
| Less than 5 A*-C grades | 51.9 | 446 | 35.8 | 312 |
|
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| 859 | 871 | |||
|
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| Cohort | ||||
| Younger | 49.7 | 517 | 48.7 | 513 |
| Older | 50.3 | 523 | 51.3 | 540 |
|
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| 1040 | 1053 | |||
|
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| SDQ | ||||
| High scorer | 9.7 | 99 | 11.5 | 120 |
| Not high scorer | 90.3 | 918 | 88.5 | 920 |
|
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| 1017 | 1040 | |||
|
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| SMFQ | ||||
| High scorer | 17.6 | 166 | 30.3 | 299 |
| Not high scorer | 82.4 | 778 | 69.7 | 689 |
|
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| 944 | 988 | |||
|
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| Free school meals | ||||
| Eligible | 49.6 | 506 | 46.9 | 486 |
| Not eligible | 50.4 | 515 | 53.1 | 551 |
|
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| 1021 | 1037 | |||
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| Ethnicity | ||||
| White UK | 18.9 | 197 | 17.2 | 181 |
| Bangladeshi | 29.1 | 303 | 23.9 | 251 |
| Asian Indian | 8.3 | 86 | 10.6 | 111 |
| Pakistani | 7.7 | 80 | 5.5 | 58 |
| Black Caribbean | 5.6 | 58 | 6.7 | 70 |
| Black African | 9.5 | 99 | 12.2 | 128 |
| Black British | 3.3 | 34 | 4.8 | 51 |
| Other | 17.6 | 183 | 19.2 | 202 |
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| 1040 | 1052 | |||