Correlations between intentions to risk take and actual risk taking scores for males (M) and females (F) in the young (6 and 7 year olds), intermediate (8 and 9 year olds), and old (10 and 11 year olds) age groups (95% confidence interval is given in parentheses)
| Group | No | Sex | Exact matches* only | Exact + minimal mismatches†|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Exact matches designates a 0 discrepancy between intentions and risk taking scores. | ||||
| †Minimal mismatches designates a discrepancy of one unit of measurement. | ||||
| Young | 25 | M | 0.73 (0.47 to 0.87) | 0.73 (0.47 to 0.87) |
| 18 | F | 0.72 (0.38 to 0.89) | 0.74 (0.42 to 0.90) | |
| 43 | M+F | 0.73 (0.55 to 0.85) | 0.73 (0.55 to 0.85) | |
| Intermediate | 23 | M | 0.91 (0.80 to 0.96) | 0.93 (0.80 to 0.96) |
| 19 | F | 0.99 (0.97 to 1.00) | 1.00 | |
| 42 | M+F | 0.95 (0.91 to 0.97) | 0.96 (0.93 to 0.98) | |
| Old | 24 | M | 0.79 (0.57 to 0.90) | 0.83 (0.64 to 0.92) |
| 22 | F | 0.74 (0.46 to 0.89) | 0.78 (0.53 to 0.90) | |
| 46 | M+F | 0.78 (0.63 to 0.87) | 0.82 (0.70 to 0.90) | |
| Overall | 72 | M | 0.82 (0.73 to 0.88) | 0.86 (0.78 to 0.91) |
| 59 | F | 0.84 (0.74 to 0.90) | 0.84 (0.74 to 0.90) | |
| 131 | M+F | 0.83 (0.77 to 0.88) | 0.85 (0.79 to 0.89) | |