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Table 2 The differences in vision health between male and female students

From: Gender differences in vision health-seeking behavior and vision health outcomes among rural Chinese schoolchildren by birth order and family size

Variable

Sample (N)

LogMAR

Visual impairment

(1)

(2)

 

P-value

(3)

(4)

 

P-value

Male

Female

T-test difference

Male

Female

T-test difference

mean(SD)

mean(SD)

(2)-(1)

n(%)

n(%)

(4)-(3)

All sample

19934

0.20(0.27)

0.23(0.28)

0.03

0.000***

2329(23.03)

2547(26.68)

3.65

0.000***

Student is the only child in the family

1939

0.22(0.29)

0.26(0.30)

0.04

0.003**

356(27.70)

214(32.72)

5.02

0.022*

Student is the youngest child in the family

7723

0.19(0.27)

0.23(0.28)

0.04

0.000***

1188(22.75)

655(26.18)

3.43

0.000***

Student is the oldest child in the family

6701

0.20(0.28)

0.24(0.29)

0.04

0.000***

649(22.55)

1113(29.11)

6.56

0.011**

Student is the middle child in the family

3571

0.18(0.25)

0.20(0.28)

0.02

0.012*

199(19.86)

565(21.99)

2.13

0.163

  1. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05