Table 4 Scholastic achievement variables among male and female adolescents (F – frequency, % - percentage) and Kruskal Wallis ANOVA between sexes (H – H value; p – level of significance)
BOYS | GIRLS | Kruskal Wallis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
F | % | F | % | H | p | |
Scholastic achievement | ||||||
excellent (5) | 86 | 19.77 | 56 | 9.38 | ||
very good (4) | 20 | 4.60 | 10 | 1.68 | ||
good - average (3) | 174 | 40.00 | 145 | 24.29 | ||
sufficient – bellow average (2) | 119 | 27.36 | 248 | 41.54 | ||
insufficient (1) | 36 | 8.28 | 135 | 22.61 | ||
Missing | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0.50 | 89.40 | 0.001 |
School absence… | ||||||
almost never (4) | 108 | 24.83 | 210 | 35.18 | ||
rarely (3) | 163 | 37.47 | 233 | 39.03 | ||
from time to time (2) | 125 | 28.74 | 133 | 22.28 | ||
often (1) | 37 | 8.51 | 18 | 3.02 | ||
Missing | 2 | 0.46 | 3 | 0.50 | 22.91 | 0.001 |
Unexcused school absence… | ||||||
< 5 (5) | 213 | 48.97 | 462 | 77.39 | ||
5-10 (4) | 111 | 25.52 | 89 | 14.91 | ||
11-15 (3) | 59 | 13.56 | 17 | 2.85 | ||
16-20 (2) | 42 | 9.66 | 7 | 1.17 | ||
20 ≥ (1) | 8 | 1.84 | 10 | 1.68 | ||
Missing | 2 | 0.46 | 12 | 2.01 | 108.84 | 0.001 |
Behavior grade… | ||||||
exemplary (3) | 255 | 58.62 | 505 | 84.59 | ||
fair (2) | 112 | 25.75 | 76 | 12.73 | ||
poor (1) | 67 | 15.40 | 13 | 2.18 | ||
Missing | 1 | 0.23 | 3 | 0.50 | 97.65 | 0.001 |