Table 7
Teenagers’ attitudes to school
| ELGA teenagers in mainstream school (n=147) | Control group (n=108) | Difference in proportions or means (95% CI) | p Value for difference between groups | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Values are numbers (percentages) unless stated otherwise. Note: Responses to some questions were occasionally missing. Percentages are based on the number of valid responses. | ||||
| ELGA, Extremely low gestational age; CI, confidence interval. | ||||
| 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 |
