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. 2016 Apr 18;45:1839–1849. doi: 10.1007/s10508-016-0726-2

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of Pre-School Activities Inventory scores for children classified as gender conforming, control, or gender nonconforming at age 3.5 years and in the same groups of children available for follow-up at age 13 years

Boys Girls
n M SD 95 % CI Range n M SD 95 % CI Range
At 3.5-year sampling
 Gender conforming children 122 80.68 4.07 79.95, 81.41 75.75–95.55 109 17.10 4.16 16.31, 17.89 4.25–21.85
 Control children 99 62.02 6.13 60.79, 63.24 49.35–74.65 108 34.84 7.51 33.40, 36.27 22.95–49.35
 Gender nonconforming children 110 43.96 4.61 43.09, 44.83 20.75–48.25 111 56.91 4.58 56.05, 57.77 51.55–71.35
At 13-year follow-up
 Gender conforming children 66 80.70 4.60 79.57, 81.83 75.75–95.55 69 17.12 4.14 16.12, 18.11 5.35–21.85
 Control children 56 61.19 5.90 59.61, 62.78 49.35–74.65 67 35.31 7.72 33.43, 37.20 22.95–49.35
 Gender nonconforming children 82 43.98 4.43 43.00, 44.96 20.75–48.25 61 56.80 4.76 55.58, 58.02 51.55–70.25

Note Higher PSAI scores represent more masculine behavior and/or less feminine behavior. The standardized norm is M = 60, SD = 10 for boys and M = 40, SD = 10 for girls (Golombok & Rust, 1993a, 1993b). The absolute range of the PSAI scores is −4.55 to 101.05