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. 2017 Dec 28;60:167–173. doi: 10.1515/hukin-2017-0100

Table 1.

Distribution of birth dates and relative age effect size of soccer players according to the team level.

Team Number & % of players per quartile χ2 p Effect size (d)

Q1 (%) Q2 (%) Q3 (%) Q4 (%) Total
A 107 (33.2) 85 (26.4) 69 (21.4) 61 (18.9) 322 15.342 .002 .4473

B 107 (31.8) 86 (25.5) 79 (23.4) 65 (19.3) 337 10.905 .012 .3657

C and subseq. 110 (24.5) 116 (25.8) 117 (26.1) 106 (23.6) 449 .719 .869 .0801

Note. Q1-Q4 = birth quartiles 1-4; χ2 = Chi-square value; p = significance.