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Table 8 Robustness test I: bootstrap sampling—cognitive abilities

From: The impact of boarding schools on the development of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities in adolescents

variables

WISC IQ score

Fluid intelligence

Crystal intelligence

Similarities

Digit span

Coding

Matrix reasoning

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Boarding

4.781

0.635

0.898

0.934

2.024*

-0.472

0.352

 

(3.725)

(0.621)

(0.877)

(1.022)

(1.034)

(0 .990)

(0.890)

Student-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

School-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Teacher-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Constant

139.866***

16.527***

15.373***

15.365***

18.195***

19.517***

11.869***

 

(9.140)

(1.550)

(2.439)

(2.520)

(2.340)

(2.289)

(2.113)

Observations

472

472

472

472

472

472

472

R-squared

0.393

0.348

0.274

0.274

0.133

0.271

0.223

County fixed effects

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Phase I F-statistic values

41.732

41.732

41.732

41.732

41.732

41.732

41.732

  1. Source: Author’s survey
  2. Standard deviations in parentheses * p < 0.1. ** p < 0.05. *** p < 0.01