Table5.1: Descriptives of student characteristics. Reading Math Obs. Percentage Obs. Percentage Gender 3,923,943 5,228,360 Male 50.05 50.14 Female 49.95 49.86 Income of father 3,923,943 5,228,360 Until 25th percentile 22.20 (25.40) 22.50 (25.63) 25th –75th percentile 43.47 (49.74) 43.93 (50.05) Above 75th percentile 21.72 (24.85) 21.34 (24.32) Missing 12.61 12.23 Note. This table provides descriptive statistics on the student characteristics of the students in our dataset. These characteristics are provided by the NCO dataset, as described in Section 5.2.3. The table shows the descriptives for reading and math separately. 121
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