Table 3.

% (N) of children in the lowest quintile of maths and literacy scores (outcomes), in children who were and were not in the lowest quintile of self-regulation and cognitive ability (mediators).

	LSAC		MCS
Maths scores % (N) lowest Q	Literacy scores % (N) lowest Q	Maths scores % (N) lowest Q	Literacy scores % (N) lowest Q
Self-regulation (M1)
Lowest Q	28.2 (190)	30.8 (209)	27.9 (723)	25.9 (664)
Other Qs	15.0 (346)	14.9 (348)	17.4 (1484)	16.4 (1384)
Cognitive ability (M2)
Lowest Q	36.1 (205)	36.0 (206)	47.4 (893)	41.1 (770)
Other Qs	13.7 (331)	14.3 (351)	14.3 (1314)	14.0 (1278)

LSAC: N = 3028.

MCS: N = 11,168.

Q: quintile; LSAC = Longitudinal Study of Australian Children; MCS = Millennium Cohort Study.