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Table 1 Student and school demographics for Brazil
Descriptive statistics (S.E.) | % of missing | |
|---|---|---|
Outcome variable | ||
Grade repetition | ||
Percentage of students that repeated at least one grade | 37.44 (0.92) | 3.75 |
Student demographics | ||
Gender (Male) | ||
Percentage of males | 48.1 (0.42) | 0 |
Age of student | ||
Mean student age | 15.88 (0.0) | 0 |
Standard deviation | 0.28 (0.0) | |
Age at ISCED 1 | ||
Mean student age at ISCED 1 | 7.23 (0.07) | 8.6 |
Standard deviation | 2.30 (0.07) | |
Repeat at ISCED 1 | ||
Percentage of students that repeated at ISCED 1 | 22.20 (0.71) | 13.7 |
Repeat at ISCED 2 | ||
Percentage of students that repeated at ISCED 2 | 20.18 (0.80) | 17.4 |
Highest parental occupational status (HISEI) | ||
Mean of HISEI | 42.15 (0.61) | 7.75 |
Standard deviation of HISEI | 21.7 (0.24) | |
School demographics | ||
Learning hindrance | ||
Percentage of non-existence of diverse ethnic backgrounds | 70.76 (2.03) | 1.03 |
School ownership | ||
Percentage of public schools | 87.07 (1.22) | 4.75 |
School average of HISEI | ||
Mean of school average of HISEI | 41.86 (0.6) | |
Standard deviation of school average of HISEI | 12.27 (0.49) | 0 |
School proportion of repeaters | 0.38 (0.02) | 0 |
School proportion of repeaters at ISCED1 | 0.23 (0.01) | 0.02 |
School proportion of repeaters at ISCED2 | 0.21 (0.01) | 0.1 |