Popularity at school linked to age position in class – study – The Guardian

SchoolsResearch in England, Sweden and the Netherlands shows how age gaps can shape lives
Forget about having the right clothes or the right attitude, being cool in school could be about being just slightly older than your peers, a study has found.
Researchers surveyed more than 13,000 teenagers aged 14-15 in England, Sweden and the Netherlands on who they thought was the most popular in their class and compiled a popularity score for each pupil in the classroom linked to their birth month (past…

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