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Table 9 Full regression results at selected percentiles and at mean—grade 3

From: The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: new insights from Australia using unconditional quantile regression and decomposition

 

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P10th

P50th

P90th

Mean

P10th

P50th

P90th

Mean

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

Male

0.00

0.08*

0.18**

0.07**

0.09

0.23***

0.23***

0.22***

Child test age

− 0.05***

− 0.01

0.00

− 0.01

− 0.04**

0.00

0.01

− 0.00

Aboriginal

−0.80**

− 0.19

− 0.04

−0.23*

− 0.61*

− 0.16

0.01

− 0.31**

Low birth weight

−0.01

−0.11

− 0.13

−0.13*

− 0.03

− 0.19**

− 0.33***

−0.15**

Breastfeed

0.11

0.08

0.12*

0.11***

0.10

0.06

0.09

0.07

Mother age

0.00

0.01**

0.01

0.00

0.00

−0.00

0.01

0.00

Mother NESBa

0.04

0.07

0.27**

0.13**

0.21***

0.14**

0.23**

0.17***

Mother ESBa

0.10

0.03

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.00

0.08

0.04

Mother has a certificateb

−0.00

− 0.06

−0.07

− 0.09*

− 0.12

− 0.06

− 0.05

−0.06

Mother has an advanced diplomab

0.12

−0.08

− 0.09

− 0.04

−0.02

− 0.01

−0.11

− 0.02

Mother has bachelor degreeb

0.14

0.12*

0.19

0.13**

0.03

0.18**

0.11

0.14**

Mother has graduate diplomab

0.13

0.18*

0.14

0.10

−0.00

0.11

0.09

0.12*

Mother has postgraduate degreeb

0.15

0.23**

0.24

0.25***

−0.09

0.18*

0.34*

0.18**

Mother’s weekly working hours

−0.00

−0.00**

− 0.00*

−0.00*

0.00*

0.00

−0.00

0.00

Home environment index

−0.10

− 0.08*

− 0.04

−0.07*

− 0.11*

−0.10**

− 0.10

−0.10***

Out-of-home activity index

0.05

0.02

−0.01

0.02

0.04

0.00

0.02

0.03

Having a computer at home

0.16

−0.03

−0.05

−0.01

0.16

0.01

−0.14

0.03

Catholic schoolc

0.06

−0.06

− 0.10

− 0.02

−0.15*

− 0.02

−0.12

− 0.09**

Other independent schoolc

0.09

−0.02

−0.19

− 0.01

0.06

0.03

−0.13

− 0.02

Household size

0.06

0.05

−0.04

0.02

0.03

0.00

−0.02

−0.00

Number of siblings

−0.12

−0.13***

0.01

−0.08*

0.01

0.01

0.03

0.01

Number of younger siblings

0.07

0.12***

0.08

0.10***

0.03

0.03

0.06

0.04

Number of same age siblings

0.08

0.01

0.01

0.04

0.40***

0.01

0.18

0.08

Living with both parents

−0.04

0.04

−0.01

0.01

0.10

0.02

0.05

0.05

Living in an owned home

0.07

0.05

0.03

0.05

0.09

−0.02

−0.03

−0.00

Household income (log)

−0.00

0.05

0.11*

0.05

0.02

0.12**

0.08

0.08**

Initial PPVT

0.28***

0.24***

0.30***

0.26***

0.24***

0.20***

0.17***

0.21***

Initial WAI

0.35***

0.26***

0.28***

0.28***

0.30***

0.31***

0.28***

0.31***

Observations

2471

2471

2471

2471

2471

2471

2471

2471

R-squared

0.14

0.20

0.11

0.29

0.12

0.18

0.09

0.27

  1. Notes: Estimates at selected percentiles are based on unconditional quantile regressions. Standard errors (not reported for brevity) are obtained using 500 bootstrap replications. Each estimate is obtained from a separate regression using model 3. Estimates for other variables (test states, test years, urban, local socio-economic background variables, and survey quarters) are not reported for brevity
  2. Significance at the *10% level, **5% level, and ***1% level
  3. aNative as the base group
  4. bNo qualification as the base group
  5. cPublic school as the base group