Table 2.
Boys (n=503) | Girls (n=856) | Average | |
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Middle childhood | |||
Average number of risk factors (n= 1316) | 3.43 (2.33) | 3.29 (2.28) | 3.34 (2.30) |
Average number of promotive factors (n= 1282) | 2.92 (2.11) | 3.00 (2.37) | 2.97 (2.28) |
Late childhood | |||
Average number of risk factors (n= 1318) | 3.41 (2.24) | 3.19 (2.34) | 3.27(2.31) |
Average number of promotive factors* (n = 1281) | 2.95 (2.17) | 3.42 (2.51) | 3.24 (2.40) |
% delinquent* | 24.5 % | 9.7 % | 15.2 % |
Adolescence | |||
% delinquent* | 42.6 % | 21.2 % | 29.2 % |
Standard deviations are in parentheses. With t-tests it was tested whether boys and girls differed in number of risk and promotive factors. Crosstabs were used to test the difference in delinquency prevalence
significantly different for boys and girls at p<0.05