How should risk be communicated to children: a cross-sectional study comparing different formats of probability information

Table 1 Information about the schools included in sample.

School Code	No. pupils in sample	Date of school report	% free school meals (20%)	% ethnic minority	Percentage of pupils achieving level 4 at key stage 2.
					English (75%)	Maths (72%)	Science (85%)
01	17	2005	10	3	85	74	85
02*	4	N.A.	Below Average	Not avail	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
03	3	2001	59	74	71	94	94
04	18	2005	15	2	70	87	95
05	7	2001	7	10	91	87	94
06	16	2003	18	8	71	69	93
07	2	2002	33	9	65	63	77
08	8	2003	21	3	83	82	97
09	16	2001	14	1	59	65	57
10	10	2003	18	67	50	53	82
11	7	2003	Above average	10	65	56	67

* No key stage two results are reported for this school as it is an infant school. The information regarding free meal and ethnic origin percentages was provided by the head teacher, thus there is no report date provided

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