The Effects of Attendance on Academic Performance: Panel Data Evidence for Introductory Microeconomics



Table 7: Summary statistics (means) by year of enrollment

Variable

SCO

LEC

CLA

HSG

GPA

EPA

SSH

Freq.

First

60.0

72.3

68.3

78.3

77.1

2.1

10.9

0.77

Second

54.5

65.9

63.8

74.6

75.4

2.0

10.7

0.17

Third

56.6

66.7

66.0

70.6

78.8

1.7

11.9

0.05

Fourth

44.2

63.7

74.2

78.3

71.7

0.9

9.4

0.01

Note: Number of observations: 776. See section 3 for details on the definition
and construction of variables.

Table 8: Summary statistics (means) by high-school type

Variable

SCO

LEC

CLA

HSG

GPA

EPA

SSH

Freq.

Technical

59.2

72.0

69.5

81.2

77.2

2.0

10.8

0.41

Vocational

54.7

70.5

68.3

77.9

76.0

2.3

10.7

0.10

General

60.4

69.5

64.6

73.3

76.8

2.0

11.1

0.46

Other

50.4

77.2

75.8

77.9

77.7

1.5

11.3

0.03

Note: Number of observations: 776. See section 3 for details on the definition
and construction of variables.

Table 9: Summary statistics (means) by parental education

Variable

SCO

LEC

CLA

HSG

GPA

EPA

SSH

Freq.

Father

Primary

61.9

69.6

66.7

81.1

76.8

1.7

10.1

0.09

Lower secondary

60.8

74.6

71.2

79.5

78.3

2.1

11.4

0.28

Upper secondary

58.6

70.1

67.1

76.9

76.1

2.1

10.8

0.43

University

59.0

65.3

60.0

75.3

76.6

2.1

10.8

0.18

Mother

Primary

60.9

70.4

66.8

80.9

77.0

1.9

10.5

0.10

Lower secondary

60.6

71.2

68.4

78.7

77.9

2.1

11.2

0.34

Upper secondary

59.0

70.1

66.5

77.4

76.2

2.0

10.6

0.44

University

57.9

68.0

62.7

73.5

75.5

2.1

11.7

0.11

Note: Number of observations: 776. See section 3 for details on the definition
and construction of variables.

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