Table 1 Descriptive statistics by upper-secondary track
Variables | Entire sample (Mean) | Sub-sample AE | Sub-sample VE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (Mean) | STEM (Mean) | Non-STEM (Mean) | Total (Mean) | STEM (Mean) | Non-STEM (Mean) | ||
Students characteristics | |||||||
Women = 1; else = 0 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.17 | 0.69 |
Socioeconomic status (St) | − 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.14 | − 0.08 | − 0.78 | − 0.70 | − 0.82 |
Ln income per capita (St) | 10.99 | 11.17 | 11.23 | 11.13 | 10.80 | 10.84 | 10.77 |
Father’s education (St) | − 0.20 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 0.01 | − 0.47 | − 0.41 | − 0.50 |
Mother’s education (St) | − 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.16 | 0.01 | − 0.46 | − 0.41 | − 0.50 |
Attendance 10th grade (St) | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.10 | − 0.01 |
GPA 10th grade (St) | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.44 | 0.03 | − 0.20 | − 0.25 | − 0.17 |
SIMCE language (St) | − 0.08 | 0.18 | 0.29 | 0.10 | − 0.34 | − 0.35 | − 0.34 |
SIMCE math (St) | − 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.45 | − 0.03 | − 0.42 | − 0.28 | − 0.48 |
Expected higher education = 1; else = 0 | 0.91 | 0.96 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.86 |
Enrollment in Higher Education = 1; else = 1 | 0.73 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.83 | 0.60 | 0.59 | 0.60 |
Enrollment in VE-STEM = 1; else = 0 | 0.14 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.36 | 0.07 |
Enrollment in university-STEM = 1; else = 0 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.03 |
School characteristics | |||||||
School SES (St) | − 0.32 | 0.00 | 0.10 | − 0.07 | − 0.65 | − 0.60 | − 0.69 |
Rural school = 1; else = 0 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Public school = 1; else = 0 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.25 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.41 |
Subsidized private school = 1; else = 0 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.75 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.59 |
Number of observations | 125,628 | 63,561 | 25,956 | 37,605 | 62,067 | 22,892 | 39,175 |