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Table 7 Juhn–Murphy–Pierce decomposition of reading test scores by gender

From: Decomposing international gender test score differences

Percentiles

T

Q

P

U

Individual characteristics

p5

− 51.798

− 1.9803

− 36.400

− 13.419

p10

− 49.510

− 2.8214

− 35.864

− 10.825

p25

− 44.506

− 3.4393

− 35.142

− 5.9239

p50

− 37.592

− 3.0823

− 34.603

0.0927

p75

− 30.392

− 2.1495

− 34.424

6.1816

p90

− 25.133

− 1.2906

− 33.860

10.018

p95

− 23.075

− 1.4792

− 33.746

12.150

Family characteristics

p5

− 51.798

0..6290

− 37.766

− 14.662

p10

− 49.510

− 0.8843

− 36.781

− 11.845

p25

− 44.506

− 1.9307

− 36.540

− 6.0346

p50

− 37.592

− 0.8760

− 36.929

0.2126

p75

− 30.392

0.5776

− 37.222

6.2526

p90

− 25.133

1.4306

− 37.325

10.762

p95

− 23.075

0.9785

− 37.339

13.286

Schooling characteristics

p5

− 51.798

− 6.9977

− 31.159

− 13.642

p10

− 49.510

− 7.9886

− 29.939

− 11.583

p25

− 44.506

− 9.2939

− 28.970

− 6.2421

p50

− 37.592

− 9.0559

− 28.759

0..2229

p75

− 30.392

− 8.3132

− 28.208

6.1292

p90

− 25.133

− 8.4905

− 27.146

10.503

p95

− 23.075

− 10.373

− 25.693

12.992

Belief characteristics

p5

− 51.798

− 4.7127

− 37.495

− 9.5907

p10

− 49.510

− 4.2156

− 36.305

− 8.9900

p25

− 44.506

− 3.5509

− 34.893

− 6.0617

p50

− 37.592

− 2.1595

− 34.672

− 0.7610

p75

− 30.392

− 1.6176

− 33.969

5.1950

p90

− 25.133

− 1.7336

− 33.013

9.6143

p95

− 23.075

− 2.4504

− 32.282

11.657

Country characteristics

p5

− 51.648

1.8113

− 38.138

− 15.321

p10

− 48.883

1.0150

− 37.919

− 11.979

p25

− 44.276

0.6254

− 38.238

− 6.6628

p50

− 38.243

0.4795

− 38.578

− 0.1441

p75

− 30.563

1.3517

− 39.038

7.1231

p90

− 25.540

1.5354

− 39.435

12.360

p95

− 23.638

0.6097

− 39.488

15.240

All characteristics

p5

− 51.648

− 11.752

− 31.189

− 8.7071

p10

− 48.883

− 12.374

− 29.587

− 6.9220

p25

− 44.276

− 12.192

− 28.067

− 4.0162

p50

− 38.243

− 9.9101

− 27.790

− 0.54,317

p75

− 30.563

− 7.1428

− 27.426

4.0055

p90

− 25.540

− 6.4802

− 26.577

7.5171

p95

− 23.638

− 7.6703

− 25.447

9.4795