Table 10 Students’ quality of school life, emotional well-being, and academic achievement.

From: Are migrants a threat? Migrant children and human capital investments among local households in urban China

 

Panel A: Quality of school life

Classmates are nice

Often take part in class activities

Class in a good atmosphere

Feel close to people at school

Feel bored at school

Proportion of migrant children

0.058 (0.256)

−0.071 (0.281)

−0.295 (0.311)

−0.152 (0.326)

−0.352 (0.279)

Observations

3485

3491

3489

3462

3483

R2

0.090

0.159

0.149

0.124

0.088

 

Panel B: Emotional well-being

Feeling blue

Feeling depressed

Feeling unhappy

Feeling not enjoying life

Feeling sad

Proportion of migrant children

−0.093 (0.152)

−0.059 (0.141)

−0.002 (0.146)

0.031 (0.147)

−0.177 (0.148)

Observations

3434

3429

3428

3426

3430

R2

0.028

0.028

0.032

0.020

0.027

 

Panel C: Academic achievement

Chinese test score

Math test score

English test score

Average academic score

Cognitive test score

Proportion of migrant children

−0.005 (0.625)

−0.434 (0.566)

−0.500 (0.610)

−0.308 (0.569)

−0.384 (0.289)

Observations

3461

3461

3463

3464

3515

R2

0.519

0.405

0.469

0.500

0.315

  1. Notes: The dependent variable in each regression is standardized to zero mean and unit variance. Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the class level. Each regression includes all control variables and controls for grade-by-school fixed effects. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.
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