Research Article
Associations of Motor Developmental Risks with the Socioeconomic Status of Preschool Children in North-Eastern Germany
Table 4
Stanine-means and standard deviation (SD) of fine and gross motor skills differentiated between age and sex (
-test,
).
| | Age | 3-year-old | 4-year-old | 5- to 6-year-old |
| | Sex () | Male (90) | Female (86) | [95% CI]1 | Male (90) | Female (78) | [95% CI]1 | Male (134) | Female (121) | [95% CI]1 |
| | Fine motor skills (SD) | 3.88* (1.77) | 4.52* (1.96) | −1.201 to −0.090 | 3.88** (1.83) | 4.83** (1.81) | −1.512 to −0.399 | 3.22** (1.76) | 4.58** (1.57) | −1.768 to −0.944 |
| | Gross motor skills (SD) | 4.48 (2.17) | 4.92 (2.26) | −1.101 to 0.219 | 5.27* (1.69) | 5.86* (1.36) | −1.063 to −0.121 | 4.59** (2.10) | 5.60** (1.80) | −1.498 to −1.949 |
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Significant sex differences (-test): ; .
1Confidence Interval for the mean difference between two independent proportions (boys versus girls).
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