Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the sample
Sampled School (n = 242) | Mean | SD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Admission | Enrolment in Peking and Tsinghua University in 2017 (N) | 9.35 | 14.66 | |
Enrolment in Peking and Tsinghua University during 2013–2017 (N) | 46.21 | 68.40 | ||
Admission rate into first-tier Universities in 2017 (%) | 64.55 | 25.67 | ||
Respondents (n = 16,479) | N | Percentage (%) | ||
Major | Liberal Arts | 4354 | 26.42 | |
Science | 12,125 | 73.58 | ||
Gender | Male | 8862 | 53.78 | |
Female | 7617 | 46.22 | ||
Region | Urban | 12,800 | 77.67 | |
Rural | 3679 | 22.33 | ||