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)

Table 2 Gender consciousness scores of school-aged children in lower grades

Table of latitudes and total quantities	Number	Minimum value	Maximum value	Mean	SD
Gender identity	202	1.00	4.86	2.71	0.77
Gender ideals	202	1.00	4.00	2.45	0.59
Gender traits	202	1.00	4.43	2.50	0.66
Gender roles	202	1.38	4.63	3.03	0.67
Gender equality	202	1.86	4.71	3.32	0.56
Gender consciousness	202	1.64	4.15	2.80	0.55

Table 3 Gender consciousness scores of school-aged and lower grade children of different genders

Gender	Number of cases	Gender consciousness	Gender identity	Gender ideals	Gender traits	Gender roles	Gender equality
Male	107	2.66 ± 0.61	2.51 ± 0.70	2.32 ± 0.53	2.34 ± 0.62	2.91 ± 0.66	3.20 ± 0.53
Female	95	2.96 ± 0.66	2.95 ± 0.78	2.59 ± 0.62	2.66 ± 0.67	3.16 ± 0.66	3.44 ± 0.56
t		3.357	4.225	3.336	3.525	2.687	3.128
P value		0.000	0.000	0.002	0.001	0.008	0.002
95%CI		0.124-0.476	0.234-0.645	0.110-0.429	0.141-0.499	0.067-0.433	0.089-0.391

Table 4 Gender consciousness scores of school-aged children of different ages

Age	Number of cases	Gender consciousness	Gender identity	Gender ideals	Gender traits	Gender roles	Gender equality
6 ≤ Y < 7	15	2.52 ± 0.54	2.26 ± 0.75	2.23 ± 0.67	2.27 ± 0.57	2.59 ± 0.67	3.27 ± 0.52
7 ≤ Y < 8	65	2.86 ± 0.56	2.81 ± 0.79a	2.45 ± 0.62	2.51 ± 0.70	3.10 ± 0.70a	3.41 ± 0.58
8 ≤ Y < 9	100	2.84 ± 0.54	2.76 ± 0.75a	2.49 ± 0.58	2.56 ± 0.65	3.07 ± 0.66a	3.32 ± 0.54
9 ≤ Y < 10	22	2.63 ± 0.48	2.52 ± 0.72	2.38 ± 0.47	2.30 ± 0.65	2.90 ± 0.51	3.06 ± 0.55
F value		2.434	2.753	0.990	1.576	2.839	2.155
P value		0.066	0.044	0.399	0.196	0.039	0.095

^aP < 0.05 vs 6 ≤ Y < 7.