The Academic Achievement of Secondary Students in Bangladesh: Assessing the Role of Socioeconomic Status, School Attributes, and Academic Activities

Table 2

Hierarchical multiple regression predicting academic achievement.

Variables	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4
	β	SE	value	β	SE	value	β	SE	value	β	SE	value
ΔR^2 (total)	0.016			0.077 (0.093)			0.020 (0.113)			0.032 (0.152)
ΔF	8.454			88.520			6.858			20.720
Step 1: control variables (personal attributes)
Religion	−0.100	0.071		−0.084	0.069		−0.085	0.068		−0.080	0.067
Sex	0.075	0.053		0.052	0.052		0.019	0.054		0.009	0.054
Step 2: socioeconomic status
SES				0.279	0.009		0.176	0.011		0.177	0.011
Step 3: school attributes
Teacher-student ratio							0.213	0.004		0.240	0.003
Performance							0.095	0.065		0.079	0.065
Education system							−0.097	0.080		−0.104	0.079
Step 4: academic activities
Self-regulation										0.098	0.003
Communication										0.094	0.007

β: standardized coefficient; SE: standard error. %.