Table 3
Standard deviation height scores of children who have and have not repeated a grade
Standard deviation height score
t
p
Never repeated mean SD (n)
Ever repeated mean SD (n)
All children
0.26
0.06
−2.18
0.03
1.01 (2715)
1.11 (129)
Boys
0.30
−0.04
−3.09
0.01
0.97 (1349)
1.17 (86)
Girls
0.22
0.26
0.25
0.81
1.04 (1366)
0.94 (43)