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Table 5 Summary of the multilevel logit regression model predicting the probabilities of students being high-proficiency readers and high-proficiency readers, using student- and school-level predictors

From: Differential influences of affective factors and contextual factors on high-proficiency readers and low-proficiency readers: a multilevel analysis of PIRLS data from Hong Kong

Fixed effects

Coefficient

SE

t-ratio

Approximatedf

For readers with low proficiency

    

Intercept (β0(1))

    

Intercept (γ00(1))

−1.93

0.12

−15.66***

128

School SES (γ01(1))

−1.22

0.77

−1.59

13

School bullying (γ02(1))

0.06

0.09

0.67

64

School safety and order slope (γ03(1))

−0.06

0.05

−1.08

53

Students’ reading attitudes slope (β1(1))

    

Intercept (γ10(1))

0.01

0.02

0.36

102

Students’ reading motivation slope (β2(1))

    

Intercept (γ20(1))

0.02

0.03

0.81

59

Students’ reading self-concept slope (β3(1))

    

Intercept (γ30(1))

−0.09

0.03

−2.96**

21

Home SES slope (β4(1))

    

Intercept (γ40(1))

−0.17

0.26

−0.64

21

Peer bullying slope (β5(1))

    

Intercept (γ50(1))

0.06

0.02

3.03**

131

For readers with high proficiency

    

Intercept (β0(2))

    

Intercept (γ00(2))

0.91

0.08

11.02***

77

School SES (γ01(2))

1.21

0.38

3.19**

28

School bullying (γ02(2))

−0.17

0.06

−2.84**

128

School safety and order slope (γ03(2))

0.00

0.03

0.12

128

Students’ reading attitudes slope (β1(2))

    

Intercept (γ10(2))

0.05

0.02

2.44*

84

Students’ reading motivations slope (β2(2))

    

Intercept (γ20(2))

−0.05

0.02

−2.68**

99

Students’ reading self-concepts slope (β3(2))

    

Intercept (γ30(2))

0.16

0.02

8.74***

53

Home SES slope (β4(2))

    

Intercept (γ40(2))

−0.03

0.13

−0.23

90

Peer bullying slope (β5(2))

    

Intercept (γ50(2))

−0.03

0.02

−1.96*

68

Random effects

Variance

SD

df

χ 2

For readers with low proficiency

    

Student-level intercept (σ2(1))

1.00

   

School-level intercept (u0(1))

0.55

0.74

124

120.24

Students’ reading attitudes slope (u1(1))

0.01

0.07

127

69.90

Students’ reading motivation slope (u2(1))

0.02

0.12

127

124.69

Students’ reading self-concept slope (u3(1))

0.01

0.08

127

90.81

Home SES slope (u4(1))

0.45

0.67

127

75.70

Peer bullying slope (u5(1))

0.01

0.08

127

110.92

For readers with high proficiency

    

Student-level intercept (σ2(2))

1.00

   

School-level intercept (u0(2))

0.39

0.63

124

259.42***

Students’ reading attitudes slope (u1(2))

0.01

0.08

127

148.02

Students’ reading motivation slope (u2(2))

0.00

0.07

127

139.08

Students’ reading self-concept slope (u3(2))

0.01

0.08

127

134.26

Home SES slope (u4(2))

0.25

0.50

127

122.90

Peer bullying slope (u5(2))

0.00

0.06

127

143.29

  1. Note: *p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001.
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