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Table 1 The logistic regression of early school entry for one year on child’s birth month

From: Does the school cutoff date cause the disadvantage for children born in July and August?

 

Model 1.1

Model 1.2

Model 1.3

Model 1.4

Mother’s years of schooling

0.038**

0.037**

0.030**

0.037**

 

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

Father’s occupation: Cadre

0.520**

0.514**

0.517**

0.450**

 

(0.028)

(0.028)

(0.028)

(0.035)

 Professional

0.461**

0.461**

0.463**

0.336**

 

(0.042)

(0.042)

(0.042)

(0.055)

 Lower nonmanual worker

0.267**

0.264**

0.264**

0.094**

 

(0.024)

(0.023)

(0.024)

(0.031)

 Manual worker

0.154**

0.156**

0.156**

−0.062*

 

(0.019)

(0.019)

(0.019)

(0.025)

Birth month: February

−0.234**

   
 

(0.028)

   

 March

−0.423**

   
 

(0.029)

   

 April

−0.551**

   
 

(0.030)

   

 May

−0.611**

   
 

(0.031)

   

 June

−0.752**

   
 

(0.032)

   

 July

−0.843**

   
 

(0.033)

   

 August

−0.910**

   
 

(0.032)

   

 September

0.970**

   
 

(0.025)

   

 October

0.916**

   
 

(0.024)

   

 November

0.836**

   
 

(0.025)

   

 December

0.722**

   
 

(0.025)

   

Born in September–December

 

1.365**

1.286**

1.251**

  

(0.011)

(0.021)

(0.014)

Mother’s years of schooling × born in Sep.–Dec.

  

0.013**

 
   

(0.003)

 

Cadre fathers × born in Sep.–Dec.

   

0.108*

    

(0.048)

Professional fathers × born in Sep.–Dec.

   

0.238**

    

(0.076)

Lower nonmanual worker fathers × born in Sep.–Dec.

   

0.324**

    

(0.040)

Manual worker fathers × born in Sep.–Dec.

   

0.413**

    

(0.030)

  1. Notes: The numbers in parentheses are standard errors. **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05. N = 197,102. Omitted dummy variables as reference group are father’s occupation as peasant, born in January (for Model 1.1), and born in January–August (for Model 1.2, Model 1.3, and Model 1.4). Estimates for intercepts and control variables, including child’s year of birth, sex, sibship size, and rural-urban residence, are not presented in Table 1