Survey and clinical considerations of gender identity in lower primary school children

Table 1 Basic demographic and social characteristics of school-aged children in lower grades (mean ± SD), n (%)

Social demographic characteristics	Total	Male	Female	F/χ2	P value
Age				0.993	0.803
6 ≤ Y < 7	15 (7.4)	9 (4.5)	6 (3.0)
7 ≤ Y < 8	65 (32.2)	32 (15.8)	33 (16.3)
8 ≤ Y < 9	100 (49.5)	53 (26.2)	47 (23.3)
9 ≤ Y < 10	22 (10.9)	13 (6.4)	9 (4.5)
Grade				0.830	0.660
First grade	25 (12.4)	15 (7.4)	10 (5.0)
Second grade	174 (86.1)	90 (44.5)	84 (41.6)
Third grade	3 (1.5)	2 (1.0)	1 (0.5)
Only child				0.352	0.553
Yes	87 (43.1)	44 (21.8)	43 (21.3)
No	115 (56.9)	63 (31.2)	52 (25.7)
Family structure				0.079	0.962
Nuclear family	182 (90.1)	97 (48.0)	85 (42.0)
Large family	4 (2.0)	2 (1.0)	2 (1.0)
Single parent family	16 (7.9)	8 (2.5)	8 (2.5)
Character				2.917	0.233
Introversion	55 (27.2)	25 (12.4)	30 (14.9)
Extroversion	116 (57.4)	62 (30.7)	54 (26.7)
Other	31 (15.3)	20 (9.9)	11 (5.4)
Current home address				3.820	0.148
City	194 (96.0)	105 (52.0)	89 (44.1)
Countryside	5 (2.5)	2 (1.0)	3 (1.5)
Town	3 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	3 (1.5)