Table 3 Descriptive statistics (mean), differentiated by presence of at least one SEN student.

Reading score

−0.119

(0.874)

−0.173

(0.894)

−0.306

(0.859)

−0.394

(0.863)

Mathematics score

0.027

(0.925)

−0.032

(0.960)

−0.190

(0.899)

−0.291

(0.863)

Women

0.474

(0.499)

0.480

(0.500)

0.486

(0.500)

0.487

(0.500)

Indigenous language

0.124

(0.330)

0.121

(0.327)

0.229

(0.420)

0.224

(0.417)

Age

6.953

(0.454)

6.937

(0.468)

12.957

(0.622)

12.958

(0.645)

Section: Mean age

7.287

(0.366)

7.245

(0.374)

13.291

(0.463)

13.299

(0.660)

Section: Prop. of men

0.524

(0.118)

0.518

(0.120)

0.527

(0.114)

0.524

(0.121)

Section: Prop. of indigenous students

0.108

(0.280)

0.116

(0.301)

0.222

(0.353)

0.204

(0.363)

Section: number of students

21.003

(5.487)

20.263

(5.506)

21.114

(5.426)

20.346

(5.524)

School: number of students

126.326

(39.457)

123.009

(38.189)

99.668

(32.771)

95.705

(30.397)

Mother’s age

41.338

(5.756)

41.482

(5.719)

44.547

(6.527)

44.794

(6.406)

Mother: No education

0.190

(0.392)

0.214

(0.410)

0.276

(0.447)

0.312

(0.463)

Mother: Primary and secondary

0.723

(0.447)

0.699

(0.459)

0.656

(0.475)

0.639

(0.480)

Mother: Tertiary

0.087

(0.282)

0.087

(0.283)

0.068

(0.251)

0.049

(0.215)

Number of siblings

2.385

(1.512)

2.420

(1.538)

2.789

(1.926)

2.884

(1.923)

Observations

9380

46,225

6757

40,722