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. 2011 Jun 29;20(8):419–427. doi: 10.1007/s00787-011-0194-0

Table 3.

Estimated means for teacher-rated Attention Problems corrected for SES

Age Twins Singletons
N Mean SE N Mean SE
Boys
 6 49 7.43 1.30 58 6.06 1.06
 7 1,673 6.34 0.21 57 7.79 0.89
 8 177 7.53 0.59 100 5.72 0.74
 9 552 7.05 0.37 114 8.09 0.69
 10 1,053 7.17 0.28 154 7.14 0.56
 11 367 6.62 0.44 168 7.22 0.59
 12 748 6.09 0.32 194 6.91 0.51
Girls
 6 46 3.71 0.77 67 2.60 0.61
 7 1,699 3.84 0.16 71 3.35 0.61
 8 177 4.42 0.55 92 4.17 0.67
 9 641 4.00 0.27 133 3.63 0.48
 10 1,045 4.02 0.22 159 4.17 0.42
 11 404 3.76 0.34 200 4.68 0.41
 12 778 3.23 0.21 199 4.55 0.34*

Due to the longitudinal design, the N’s do not add up to the total number of children

N number of observations, SE standard error

* Significant twin-singleton mean difference (p < 0.001)