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Table 5 Student reports of selected variables, by school gender, NALO 2018

From: Boys’ underachievement in mathematics and science: An analysis of national and international assessment data from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

   

Male (%)

Female (%)

φ/φc

Grade 4

Repeated a year at school because of poor results

 

14.5

6.6

0.129

How many books have you read?

0

22.6

12.0

0.148

1–5

27.8

33.3

6–10

15.7

14.4

 > 10

33.8

40.4

Math is important in life

A lot

81.4

84.1

0.051

Somewhat

13.3

12.6

Never

5.3

3.3

Grade 8

Repeated a year at school because of poor results

 

6.9

4.5

0.051

How many books have you read?

0

30.6

19.3

0.137

1–5

42.6

53.1

6–10

10.6

11.6

 > 10

16.2

16.1

Math is important in life

A lot

47.6

36.3

0.115

Somewhat

38.6

48.0

Never

13.8

15.7

  1. All differences are statistically significant at the .001 level