The boys-versus-girls achievement gap narrows and disappears in the highest SES group¶

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q2 i? Boys scored significantly higher than girls on EA in the lowest, low and high SES groups, but not in the highest SES group. → Eveline L. de Zeeuw 2019

Evidence¶

Eveline L. de Zeeuw 2019¶

Eveline L. de Zeeuw, Kees-Jan Kan, Catharina E. M. van Beijsterveldt, Hamdi Mbarek, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Gareth E. Davies, Michael C. Neale, Conor V. Dolan and Dorret I. Boomsma. (2019). The moderating role of SES on genetic differences in educational achievement in the Netherlands. npj Science of Learning 4:13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0052-2

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Likelihood-ratio tests of sex differences in mean EA within each of four SES groups in the Dutch twin sample; boys scored higher in three groups (e.g., p < 0.001 in low and high SES) but not in the highest SES group (p = 0.346).

"Boys had a signi ficantly higher EA than girls in the lowest ( Δ−2LL = 7.0, Δdf = 1, p = 0.008), low ( Δ−2LL = 26.7, Δdf = 1, p < 0.001) and high ( Δ−2LL = 19.5, Δdf = 1, p< 0.001) SES group, but not in the highest ( Δ−2LL = 0.9, Δdf = 1, p = 0.346) SES group."

Discussion¶

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