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Table 2 Summary statistics of the variables used in the logit models

From: Regional and socioeconomic inequalities in access to pre-primary education in India: evidence from a recent household survey

	All-India			Rural-India			Urban-India
	NOB	Mean	SD	NOB	Mean	SD	NOB	Mean	SD
Ppeattend
No	17,189	0.771	0.420	11,459	0.823	0.381	5730	0.603	0.489
Yes	17,189	0.229	0.420	11,459	0.177	0.381	5730	0.397	0.489
Gender
Female	17,187	0.471	0.499	11,458	0.476	0.499	5729	0.454	0.498
Male	17,187	0.529	0.499	11,458	0.524	0.499	5729	0.546	0.498
Caste
ST	17,189	0.104	0.305	11,459	0.124	0.330	5730	0.039	0.194
SC	17,189	0.222	0.416	11,459	0.243	0.429	5730	0.157	0.364
OBC	17,189	0.458	0.498	11,459	0.454	0.498	5730	0.470	0.499
General	17,189	0.216	0.412	11,459	0.180	0.384	5730	0.334	0.472
Religion
Hindu	17,188	0.780	0.414	11,459	0.802	0.399	5729	0.710	0.454
Muslim	17,188	0.178	0.383	11,459	0.159	0.366	5729	0.241	0.428
Others	17,188	0.042	0.200	11,459	0.039	0.194	5729	0.049	0.216
Lnhhconsexp	17,189	11.552	0.554	11,459	11.436	0.503	5730	11.929	0.542
Headedn	17,189	6.292	4.335	11,459	5.685	4.059	5730	8.260	4.611
Familysize	17,185	5.997	2.556	11,455	6.105	2.597	5730	5.647	2.382
Location
Rural	17,189	0.764	0.425	–	–	–	–	–	–
Urban	17,189	0.236	0.425	–	–	–	–	–	–

Source: Authors’ estimation from 75th NSO round data, 2017–2018

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