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Table 6 Juhn–Murphy–Pierce decomposition of mathematics test scores by gender

From: Decomposing international gender test score differences

Percentiles

T

Q

P

U

Individual characteristics

p5

0.6232

− 1.6601

10.627

− 8.3435

p10

1.7136

− 2.6240

11.1438

− 6.8062

p25

4.7516

− 3.0524

11.534

− 3.7298

p50

9.2694

− 2.7514

11.829

0.1914

p75

14.644

− 1.8629

12.234

4.2733

p90

17.916

− 1.4133

12.525

6.8035

p95

18.928

− 1.3949

13.001

7.3219

Family characteristics

p5

0.6232

0.3782

9.3689

− 9.1239

p10

1.7136

− 0.8306

9.6578

− 7.1136

p25

4.7516

− 1.2217

9.9602

− 3.9869

p50

9.2694

− 0.3162

9.6565

− 0.0709

p75

14.644

0.9631

9.5052

4.1756

p90

17.916

0.4696

9.8460

7.6000

p95

18.928

0.0490

9.7870

9.0921

Schooling characteristics

p5

0.6232

− 5.9810

15.933

− 9.3289

p10

1.7136

− 7.2584

16.637

− 7.6655

p25

4.7516

− 7.8643

17.044

− 4.4281

p50

9.2694

− 7.6651

16.846

0. .0887

p75

14.644

− 7.4658

17.388

4.7218

p90

17.916

− 7.7754

17.839

7.8517

p95

18.928

− 8.8790

19.016

8.7914

Belief characteristics

p5

0.6232

− 3.4441

8.5159

− 4.4486

p10

1.7136

− 4.1805

10.000

− 4.1060

p25

4.7516

− 4.1604

11.559

− 2.6474

p50

9.2694

− 2.4598

12.256

− 0.5264

p75

14.644

− 1.5339

13.877

2.3006

p90

17.916

− 1.3770

14.394

4.8983

p95

18.928

− 2.1631

15.337

5.7538

Country characteristics

p5

0.0779

2.2793

6.9492

− 9.1506

p10

1.1684

1.2424

7.5482

− 7.6222

p25

4.3621

1.1179

7.8306

− 4.5864

p50

8.2568

0.8006

7.8884

− 0.4322

p75

14.021

1.5481

7.8875

4.5853

p90

17.215

0.95,581

7.8215

8.4372

p95

18.227

0.6335

7.6553

9.9383

All characteristics

p5

0.0779

− 10.119

14.258

− 4.0610

p10

1.1684

− 11.203

15.762

− 3.3903

p25

4.3621

− 10.737

17.339

− 2.2400

p50

8.2568

− 8.1646

16.836

− 0.4148

p75

14.021

− 6.0930

18.046

2.0675

p90

17.215

− 5.4332

18.752

3.8954

p95

18.227

− 6.4822

19.588

5.1214