Table 1 Descriptive statistics of variables
From: “Lost at the starting line”: a reconsideration of educational inequality in China, 1978–2008
Variable | Transition between primary and junior high school | Transition between junior high and senior high school | Transition between senior high school and universities | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | Mean | Standard deviation | |
Did not enroll | 0.155 | 0.362 | 0.421 | 0.494 | 0.692 | 0.462 |
Grade of school | ||||||
Nonkey junior high school | 0.770 | 0.421 | – | – | – | – |
Key junior high school | 0.075 | 0.263 | – | – | – | – |
Vocational senior high school | – | – | 0.140 | 0.347 | – | – |
Nonkey senior high school | – | – | 0.318 | 0.466 | – | – |
Key senior high school | – | – | 0.120 | 0.326 | – | – |
College | – | – | – | – | 0.178 | 0.382 |
Nonkey university | – | – | – | – | 0.088 | 0.283 |
Key university | – | – | – | – | 0.042 | 0.201 |
Year of enrollment (1978–1991 = 0) | 0.342 | 0.475 | 0.451 | 0.498 | 0.598 | 0.490 |
Father’s IESI when respondent was 14 years old (divided by 10) | 3.134 | 2.008 | 3.320 | 2.070 | 3.804 | 2.125 |
Years of parent’s education | 7.713 | 4.293 | 8.055 | 4.240 | 9.012 | 4.158 |
Residence at the age of 14 | ||||||
Rural area | 0.556 | 0.497 | 0.502 | 0.500 | 0.338 | 0.473 |
Town | 0.150 | 0.357 | 0.164 | 0.371 | 0.198 | 0.399 |
City | 0.152 | 0.359 | 0.170 | 0.376 | 0.222 | 0.416 |
Provincial capital | 0.141 | 0.348 | 0.162 | 0.369 | 0.240 | 0.427 |
Ethnicity (Han = 0) | 0.079 | 0.269 | 0.062 | 0.241 | 0.060 | 0.237 |
Sex (male = 0) | 0.529 | 0.499 | 0.506 | 0.500 | 0.476 | 0.500 |
Number of siblings | 2.288 | 1.776 | 2.197 | 1.745 | 1.858 | 1.616 |
Grade in school before enrollment | ||||||
Nonkey junior high school | – | 0.913 | 0.282 | |||
Key junior high school | – | – | 0.087 | 0.282 | – | – |
Vocational senior high school | – | – | – | – | 0.263 | 0.440 |
Nonkey senior high school | – | – | – | – | 0.544 | 0.498 |
Key senior high school | – | – | – | – | 0.193 | 0.395 |
Sample size for analysis | 2587 | 2465 | 1502 | |||