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By 5th grade, girls score about half a standard deviation below boys in teacher-reported externalizing problems and 0.45 of a standard deviation above boys in teacher-reported self-control.

Topic: Parenthood

Source

Citation: The Trouble with Boys: Social Influences and the Gender Gap in Disruptive Behavior, p. 5

Author(s): Bertrand, Pan

Institution(s): National Bureau of Economic Research

Link: http://www.nber.org/papers/w17541.pdf

Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2011

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis

Discussion

Other Notes:

For comparison, the widely discussed gender gap in math is about 0.15 of a standard deviation in 5th grade and the (reverse) gender gap in reading is about 0.2 of a standard deviation in 5th grade