From: Determinants of academic performance in children with sickle cell anaemia
Days absent from school | |||||||
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Subjects | Controls | ||||||
No. | Mean (SD) | No. | Mean (SD) | t | df | p | |
Males | 55 | 15.00 (9.10)* | 55 | 7.44 (7.41)** | 4.782 | 108 | 0.000 |
Females | 35 | 17.18 (16.18)* | 35 | 8.14 (9.46)** | 2.853 | 68 | 0.006 |
All pupils | 90 | 15.85 (12.30) | 90 | 7.71 (8.22)** | 5.217 | 155 | 0.000 |