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Table 1 Descriptive Statistics for Variables

From: From capital to habitus: class differentiation of family educational patterns in urban China

Variables

Mean/percentage

Children’s grade year (0 = fourth, 1 = eighth)

.491

Children’s gender (0 = Female, 1 = Male)

.502

Children’s ethnicity (0 = minorities, 1 = Han)

.945

Subjective class identification of parents

 

 Upper- and Middle Class

41.7 %

 Low-middle class

26.0 %

 Lower-class

12.3 %

 Unable to classify/I do not know

20.1 %

Father filled out the survey (0 = mother)

42.7 %

Parent’s registered household (0 = rural, 1 = urban)

62.0 %

Parent’s occupational class

 

 Upper- and middle class

18.9 %

 Lower-middle class

28.8 %

 Lower-class

52.3 %

Natural log of average household income

6.389 (1.063)

Number of cultural activities participated

2.873 (2.012)

Number of home books

73.852 (2.012)

  1. Standard deviation in parentheses; N = 5411