ABSTRACT

Score 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0

Possible score range 0-9, max. 9

High (7-9) boys girls

both

scorers

39 55

social class

IIIwc %

31 43

/ / / man %

28 37

IV %

17 37

V %

16 10

I&II+ IIIwc

%

35 49

summary IHman, IV, V

%

24 34

overall popn %

27 38

Low scorers (0-4) boys girls

both

13 11

Significance:

10 14

trend /• between sexes

34 24

**

41 21

42 31

12 12

m. class/ interaction class/sex P =

36 24

w.class 008

30 21

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BOTH INTERMEDIARY AND BENEFICIARY 135

NOTES

1 David Ayerst, Understanding Schools (Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1967).