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. 2011 Jun;34(3):493–504. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.06.001

Table 4.

Associations between “peer”, “scholastic” and “sport” factors and indicators of socio-economic status and spending power (adjusted for gender).

Peer status
Scholastic status
Sports status
Estimated marginal mean F (sig) Partial eta-squared Estimated marginal mean F (sig) Partial eta-squared Estimated marginal mean F (sig) Partial eta-squared
Social class
Non-manual .017 .136 .024
Skilled manual .041 −.081 .033
Semi or unskilled manual .006 0.2 (.822) .000 −.167 21.7 (.000) .016 −.010 0.3 (.753) .000



Family affluence category
Low −.175 −.148 −.090
Mid −.048 −.027 −.012
High .099 15.6 (.000) .010 .116 14.4 (.000) .010 .056 4.5 (.012) .003



Pocket money quartiles
Lowest (mean = £0.36) −.208 .125 −.039
Second (mean = £5.38) −.206 .232 −.010
Third (mean = £10.08) .005 −.032 .047
Highest (mean = £21.86) .323 46.8 (.000)* .045 −.177 22.3 (.000) .022 −.015 1.3 (.273) .001

* = Interaction with gender significant p < .01.