Table 3

Standard deviation height scores of children who have and have not repeated a grade

Standard deviation height scoretp
Never repeated mean SD (n)Ever repeated mean SD (n)
All children0.260.06−2.180.03
1.01 (2715)1.11 (129)
Boys0.30−0.04−3.090.01
0.97 (1349)1.17 (86)
Girls0.220.260.250.81
1.04 (1366)0.94 (43)