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Table 2 LS and QR estimates of the effects of covariate on reading comprehension in primary school—second grade
| LS | Reading comprehension—L2 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QR | |||||||
| \(\theta = 0.1\) | \(\theta = 0.25\) | \(\theta = 0.5\) | \(\theta = 0.75\) | \(\theta = 0.9\) | p value equiv.test | ||
| (Intercept) | 170.03 | 127.15 | 142.24 | 167.13 | 193.70 | 212.61 | |
| (2.08) | (4.00) | (3.41) | (2.78) | (3.10) | (4.08) | ||
| Female | 3.73 | 4.73 | 3.40 | 3.23 | 3.72 | 8.52 | < 0.01 |
| (0.64) | (1.29) | (0.91) | (1.39) | (1.72) | (2.47) | ||
| Early enrolment | −5.20 | −2.99 | −3.20 | −6.12 | −6.44 | −12.92 | 0.36 |
| (2.73) | (5.31) | (2.97 ) | (3.67) | (2.50) | (4.46) | ||
| Late enrolment | −15.52 | −26.60 | −21.53 | −15.24 | −14.00 | −9.92 | < 0.01 |
| (2.53) | (3.73) | (3.44) | (3.66) | (3.54) | (4.24) | ||
| Kindergarten:yes | 4.02 | 3.11 | 3.70 | 3.71 | 6.20 | 8.44 | 0.13 |
| (1.61) | (3.20) | (2.80) | (2.12) | (2.33) | (3.38) | ||
| Immigrant | −13.96 | −9.47 | −14.46 | −14.69 | −14.89 | −18.44 | < 0.01 |
| (1.14) | (1.94) | (1.53) | (1.87) | (1.70) | (1.66) | ||
| Centre-Italy | 1.02 | 0.01 | −0.01 | 0.46 | 1.50 | 1.56 | 0.34 |
| (0.91) | (1.41) | (1.22) | (1.41) | (1.76) | (2.05) | ||
| South-Italy | −3.24 | −4.73 | −3.70 | −4.39 | −3.90 | −0.01 | < 0.01 |
| (0.73) | (1.36) | (1.11) | (1.36) | (2.00) | (1.25) | ||
| Pared | 1.96 | 1.56 | 2.16 | 2.20 | 2.07 | 2.00 | < 0.01 |
| (0.07) | (0.13) | (0.11) | (0.08) | (0.13) | (0.21) | ||
