Research Article

More Private Schools for Nonnative Students? Migrant Performance in Private Schools of Differing National Contexts

Table 5

School differences by migration status.

Mean
Migrants ( )Natives ( )testvalue value

Private school (independent)(a).09.05Chi21.2*103<.001
Private school (gov. dependent)(a).15.09Chi21.6*103<.001
Prop. girls.49.50t-test8.27<.001
Community size:
<3,000.11.10Chi210.55<.001
3,000–15,000.26.22Chi2408.58<.001
15,000–100,000.30.31Chi214.61<.001
100,000–1,000,000.26.25Chi210.62<.001
>1,000,000.07.11Chi2833.33<.001
Prop. migrants(b).56.06t-test−3.1*102<.001
Prop. parents with tertiary education.23.30t-test70.74<.001
School size (# students)971815t-test−38.02<.001
Prop. certified teachers.83.84t-test9.25<.001
Student-teacher ratio.15.16t-test18.86<.001

(a)Ref.: public school.
(b)Collapsed by student data.
(c)At least one of the parents has educational level ISCED 6.