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Table 2 Descriptives of students’ (home) characteristics (by country)
Variable | Country | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | France | Italy | Netherlands | |||||
M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | M | SE | |
Spoken test language at home | .80 | .01 | .78 | .01 | .79 | .01 | .78 | .01 |
Books at home*** | 3.17 | .04 | 3.10 | .03 | 2.74 | .03 | 2.97 | .04 |
Books for children at home*** | 3.46 | .04 | 3.29 | .04 | 2.68 | .03 | 3.29 | .04 |
Highest parental educational status*** | 3.47 | .04 | 3.67 | .04 | 3.25 | .03 | 3.76 | .04 |
Parents like reading *** | 10.11 | .06 | 9.51 | .04 | 9.81 | .05 | 10.42 | .06 |
Early literacy activities before beginning primary school *** | 10.17 | .03 | 9.96 | .03 | 10.47 | .03 | 10.20 | .03 |
Reading outside school*** | 2.87 | .02 | 3.06 | .02 | 3.10 | .01 | 3.25 | .02 |
Attended preschool | .99 | .00 | .99 | .00 | .99 | .00 | .97 | .00 |
Borrow books from a library*** | .75 | .01 | .84 | .01 | .71 | .01 | .83 | .01 |