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scandinavianleather t1_iymv8j0 wrote

Reply to comment by Kriskao in [OC] Birth months of FIFA World Cup players. The top three are January, February and March, possibly due to the "Relative age effect" by desfirsit

Doesn't matter when schools starts, it matters where the age cutoff is. I live in Canada where school starts in September, but you are divided by birth year. Is that not the norm in the Western World?

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InterMando5555 t1_iymxfz6 wrote

In the US (well at least my school district in Minneapolis) it oriented around a school calendar i.e. those born September 2000 to August 2001 were all in the same class. People born in September and October were always the oldest in their class. Long story short this graph and the interpretation of this graph is wrong for a number of geographical and cultural inconsistencies.

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Dontknowhowtolife t1_iyoar9z wrote

I live in Argentina where school year is March- December and you're divided from July (born in year n) to June (born in year n+1)

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