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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Econ J (London). 2012 Apr 12;122(560):418–448. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.02499.x

Table 3.

Mean Test Scores Comparison for Those Born 5 Years Before and After the 1st April 1933, by Educational Attainment.

Age left<19 Males Females

Before After p-value Before After p-value
Memory 8.32 8.95 0.00 8.99 9.89 0.00
Exec. func. −0.40 −0.00 0.00 −0.22 0.21 0.00
Soc. part. 2.75 2.93 0.00 2.42 2.58 0.00
Casp19 42.25 42.30 0.88 41.76 42.66 0.00
Child health 2.19 2.12 0.16 2.35 2.39 0.42
Father job 2.64 2.64 0.93 2.62 2.57 0.14
N 1109 1171 1314 1214

Age left<16 Males Females

Before After p-value Before After p-value

Memory 7.87 8.43 0.00 8.65 9.41 0.00
exec3. func. −0.59 −0.23 0.00 −0.38 0.04 0.00
Soc. part. 2.57 2.66 0.15 2.20 2.31 0.06
Casp19 41.57 41.32 0.53 41.20 41.89 0.08
Child health 2.26 2.21 0.34 2.45 2.39 0.28
father job 2.79 2.79 0.92 2.74 2.71 0.41
N 1109 1171 1314 1214.00

Notes. The p-values derive from t tests on the equality of means.

Social participation and CASP19 are taken from the self-completion questionnaire that shows a lower response rate with respect the core sample of about 15%. Social participation ranges between 0 and 8; Casp19 ranges between 0 and 57; Child health values: 1 excellent, 2 very good, 3 good, 4 fair, 5 poor; father job values: 1 professional and managerial, 2 skilled non-manual, 3 skilled manual, 4 unskilled manual.