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Table 1 Descriptive statistics, respondents from the Netherlands and Sweden

From: Early tracking and immigrant optimism: a comparative study of educational aspirations among students in disadvantaged schools in Sweden and the Netherlands

Variable

The Netherlands

Sweden

Min

Max

Mean (std. d.)

Mean (std. d.)

Doxic aspirations

.4591652 (.4984805)

.6229826 (.4847958)

0

1

Habituated aspirations

.0931639 (.29075)

.2143318 (.4104905

0

1

Grades

3.692075 (.9768092)

2.488702 (1.071432)

1

5

HE parents

.2020569 (.4016559)

.29051 (.4541444)

0

1

Female

.5595886 (.4965867)

.4887024 (.5000338)

0

1

Non-migrants

.4010889 (.4902673)

.5216269 (.4996934)

0

1

EU-parents

.0205687 (.1419781)

.1000646 (.300183)

0

1

EU-born

.015729 (.1244626)

.0548741 (.2278079)

0

1

TC-parents

.4500907 (.4976534

.1969012 (.3977855)

0

1

TC-born

.1125227 (.3161041)

.1265332 (.3325567)

0

1

Age

16.96007 (1.235415)

16.58425 (.7634478)

15

20

Parents’ expectations

.1506352 (.3578012)

.5745642 (.4945686)

0

1

Teachers’ expectations

.2728373 (.4455527)

.3660426 (.4818769)

0

1

Peer study-attitudes

−.1909591 (.9689289)

.3268179 (.8611838)

−4.088771

1.834592

Peer adult-life attitudes

.1555228 (.8510057)

−.1955836 (1.113068)

−3.291466

2.352939

Female friends

3.113128 (1.220746)

2.92705 (1.318904)

1

5

N

1653

1549