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Table 3 The effect of family SES on mediators

From: How does family background affect children’s educational achievement? Evidence from Contemporary China

 

Parental participation

Whether tutorial class

School quality

Child’s effort

City (control group: rural)

.228*** (.036)

1.541*** (.160)

.049* (.027)

−.083*** (.028)

Parent educational years

.050*** (.004)

.136*** (.022)

.010*** (.003)

−.006* (.003)

Log of family income per capita

.009 (.018)

.393*** (.084)

.029** (.013)

−.023* (.014)

Parent educational participation

   

.081*** (.015)

Evaluation of school

   

.201*** (.020)

constant

3.006*** (.358)

− 8.075*** (1.389)

3.084*** (.268)

3.042*** (.285)

Other controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

R square/adjusted R square

.178

.280

.060

.111

Sample size

2750

2750

2750

2750

  1. (1) SE is reported in brackets. (2) *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01. (3) Other control variables include gender, grade, ethnicity, and province dummy variables