Table 1.
Boys (n = 14,274) | Girls (n = 17,731) | ||
---|---|---|---|
% | % | *P | |
School days | |||
Age group | |||
12 or below | 66.8 | 52.5 | <0.001 |
13 | 66.4 | 44.9 | <0.001 |
14 | 65.4 | 41.6 | <0.001 |
15 | 64.2 | 38.4 | <0.001 |
16 | 64.1 | 33.6 | <0.001 |
17 | 59.5 | 28.1 | <0.001 |
18 or above | 53.0 | 26.1 | <0.001 |
All | 63.8 | 39.6 | <0.001 |
P for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 | |
Holidays | |||
Age group | |||
12 or below | 80.3 | 70.6 | <0.001 |
13 | 79.4 | 65.1 | <0.001 |
14 | 79.8 | 61.9 | <0.001 |
15 | 79.0 | 58.7 | <0.001 |
16 | 77.9 | 53.8 | <0.001 |
17 | 76.6 | 49.9 | <0.001 |
18 or above | 74.6 | 50.3 | <0.001 |
All | 78.7 | 60.0 | <0.001 |
P for trend | <0.001 | <0.001 |
* P-value for the level of significance of sex differences determined by Pearson's Chi-square test