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Table 3 Unpaired t-tests of ATHSSs with and without MCE

From: Medical career expectations of academically talented high school students: a nationwide cross-sectional study in China

 

Without MCE (n = 13,089)

With MCE (n = 3390)

Dif

t

p

Cohen’s d

Variable

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Male

0.56

0.50

0.47

0.50

0.08

8.52

0.00

0.16

Urban

0.79

0.41

0.73

0.44

0.06

7.38

0.00

0.14

Father’s years of schooling

13.81

3.72

13.25

3.79

0.56

7.77

0.00

0.15

Mother’s years of schooling

13.18

3.86

12.53

3.94

0.65

8.76

0.00

0.17

Father’s ISEI

47.03

21.10

43.15

20.89

3.88

9.55

0.00

0.18

Mother’s ISEI

42.90

20.40

39.81

20.07

3.09

7.88

0.00

0.15

High-income family

0.13

0.33

0.09

0.28

0.04

6.50

0.00

0.13

Middle-income family

0.61

0.49

0.61

0.49

0.01

0.59

0.28

0.01

Score for Chinese

51.46

28.68

47.59

28.66

3.88

7.00

0.00

0.13

Score for mathematics

50.72

29.05

50.37

27.50

0.35

0.63

0.26

0.01

Score for English

51.64

28.63

47.80

28.59

3.84

6.84

0.00

0.13

Score for liberal artsa

50.47

23.17

41.98

22.86

8.50

6.50

0.00

0.37

Score for sciencea

51.67

22.87

46.44

22.20

5.23

11.01

0.00

0.23

  1. SD standard deviation, Dif difference between two groups, ISEI the International Socio-Economic Index
  2. aAmong the ATHSSs without MCE, 4014 took the liberal arts test, and 9075 took the science test; among the ATHSSs with MCE, 340 took the liberal arts test, and 3050 took the science test