Table 2 Descriptive statistics of schools in the sample
From: Failing to notice? Uneven teachers’ attention to boys and girls in the classroom
Item | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Type of school | ||
Municipal (public) | 88 | 64.7 |
Private, subsidized | 48 | 35.3 |
Socioeconomic level of school | ||
Low | 25 | 18.4 |
Medium-low | 88 | 64.2 |
Medium | 24 | 17.5 |
Number of fourth grade basic level classes at school | ||
1 | 85 | 62.5 |
2 | 43 | 31.6 |
3 | 8 | 5.9 |
Average number of fourth grade students at school | ||
Less than 25 | 39 | 28.7 |
25–34 | 71 | 52.2 |
More than 34 | 26 | 19.1 |
Number of fourth grade teachers recorded by school | ||
1 | 104 | 76.5 |
More than 1 | 32 | 23.5 |
Makeup of school and classroom | ||
Number of basic level students in fourth grade classroom | 29.2 | |
Percentage of boys at school | 53.3 | |
Percentage of boys in fourth grade classroom | 51.4 | |