The present study investigated the performance of 527 urban and 133 rural children on the System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA). Of the 47 dependent measures investigated, significant differences in favor of the urban group were found on 27, most of which emphasized physical/motor and sociological aspects. Implications regarding possible bases for these differences including bias on the SOMPA measures were discussed.
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