Table 2.

Basic descriptive statistics (%).

		Total	Choice of college		Choice of major		Voluntary autonomy		Admission routes
			First-choice	Nonfirst-choice	First-choice	Nonfirst-choice	By oneself	By others	Classified recruitment	Non-classified recruitment
Gender	Female	48.16	39.35	8.81	30.06	18.10	21.25	26.91	0.50	47.65
	Male	51.84	43.92	7.93	33.04	18.80	26.58	25.27	0.25	51.59
Registered residence	Rural	44.02	36.93	7.09	27.72	16.30	21.61	22.41	0.18	43.84
	Urban	55.98	46.34	9.64	35.38	20.60	26.22	29.76	0.58	55.40
Types of colleges	Non “Project 211” colleges	30.01	18.35	11.66	18.50	11.51	13.68	16.33	0.15	29.86
	“Project 211” colleges	69.99	64.92	5.07	44.60	25.39	34.15	35.84	0.61	69.38
Types of high school	Regular high school	11.43	8.96	2.47	7.95	3.48	5.25	6.18	0.13	11.31
	Key high school	88.57	74.31	14.26	55.15	33.42	42.58	45.99	0.63	87.94
Division of sciences and humanities in high school	Humanities	0.76	0.71	0.0	0.45	0.30	0.61	0.15	0.10	0.66
	Sciences	99.24	82.56	16.68	62.65	36.60	51.56	47.68	0.66	98.59