Likes school | 109 (74) | 89 (82) | −8 (−18 to 2) | 0.13 |
Difficult to concentrate at school | | | | |
All or most of the time | 15 (10) | 1 (1) | | 0.005 |
Sometimes/occasionally | 78 (53) | 71 (66) | | |
Never | 53 (36) | 36 (33) | | |
Feels pressured by school work | 40 (27) | 26 (24) | 3 (−8 to 14) | 0.66 |
“Parents do not expect enough of me at school” | 56 (39) | 28 (26) | 13 (1 to 24) | 0.042 |
“Teachers do not expect enough of me at school” | 41 (29) | 25 (24) | 5 (−6 to 16) | 0.39 |
Misses school because not well | | | | |
All or most of the time | 6 (4) | 4 (4) | | 0.78 |
Sometimes/occasionally | 91 (62) | 72 (67) | | |
Never | 49 (34) | 32 (30) | | |
Misses school because of appointments | | | | |
All or most of the time | 11 (8) | 2 (2) | | 0.05 |
Sometimes/occasionally | 60 (41) | 38 (35) | | |
Never | 75 (51) | 68 (63) | | |
Absence from school (number of days over 12 months), mean (SD) | 12.0 (13.8) | 11.8 (16.9) | 0.2 (−3.6 to 4.0) | 0.92 |
Bullied in school | 46 (32) | 34 (32) | 0 (−11 to 12) | 0.98 |
Bullied out of school | 20 (14) | 16 (15) | −1 (−10 to 8) | 0.93 |