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Table 6.

Regression results of the total sample.

		Overall satisfaction		Academic satisfaction		Nonacademic satisfaction
		OLS	PSM	OLS	PSM	OLS	PSM
Admitted characteristics	The first-choice major	0.164^***	0.108^*	0.181^***	0.138^**	0.066	0.001
	The first-choice major	(0.037)	(0.060)	(0.039)	(0.063)	(0.042)	(0.070)
	The first-choice college	0.282^***	0.266^***	0.275^***	0.237^***	0.279^***	0.360^***
	The first-choice college	(0.049)	(0.063)	(0.052)	(0.067)	(0.056)	(0.073)
	Choosing major independently	0.071^**	0.114^**	0.077^**	0.121^**	0.046	0.100
	Choosing major independently	(0.034)	(0.057)	(0.037)	(0.060)	(0.039)	(0.066)
	Classified recruitment	0.249	0.117	0.279	0.304	0.202	−0.529
	Classified recruitment	(0.245)	(0.434)	(0.246)	(0.396)	(0.321)	(0.668)
Individual features	Male	−0.151^***	−0.187^***	−0.165^***	−0.218^***	−0.120^***	−0.101
	Male	(0.040)	(0.065)	(0.043)	(0.069)	(0.045)	(0.076)
	Han	0.118^**	0.093	0.124^**	0.087	0.034	0.034
	Han	(0.058)	(0.103)	(0.062)	(0.108)	(0.064)	(0.117)
	Urban area	−0.087^**	−0.069	−0.083^*	−0.015	−0.123^**	−0.200^**
	Urban area	(0.043)	(0.069)	(0.046)	(0.074)	(0.048)	(0.081)
	Key high school	0.166^***	0.191^**	0.178^***	0.198^**	0.148^**	0.236^**
	Key high school	(0.059)	(0.084)	(0.063)	(0.088)	(0.065)	(0.097)
	Reattendance of college entrance examination	−0.064	−0.071	−0.068	−0.046	−0.065	−0.102
	Reattendance of college entrance examination	(0.047)	(0.081)	(0.050)	(0.085)	(0.052)	(0.094)
	Score of college entrance examination	0.003^***	0.001^**	0.003^***	0.002^***	0.002^***	0.001
	Score of college entrance examination	(0.000)	(0.001)	(0.000)	(0.001)	(0.000)	(0.001)
	Father’s educational attainment	0.023^**	0.016	0.026^**	0.020	0.001	0.014
	Father’s educational attainment	(0.012)	(0.020)	(0.012)	(0.021)	(0.013)	(0.022)
	Mother’s educational attainment	−0.025^**	−0.063^***	−0.024^*	−0.065^***	−0.021	−0.055^**
	Mother’s educational attainment	(0.012)	(0.021)	(0.013)	(0.022)	(0.014)	(0.023)
	Annual household income	−0.028	−0.053^*	−0.027	−0.049^*	−0.031^*	−0.062^**
	Annual household income	(0.017)	(0.027)	(0.018)	(0.028)	(0.019)	(0.028)
Experience in college	Intrinsic learning motivation	0.041^***	0.043^***	0.041^***	0.044^***	0.035^***	0.028^***
	Intrinsic learning motivation	(0.005)	(0.008)	(0.005)	(0.008)	(0.005)	(0.009)
	Extrinsic learning motivation	−0.004	−0.000	−0.005	−0.002	0.002	0.015
	Extrinsic learning motivation	(0.005)	(0.009)	(0.006)	(0.009)	(0.006)	(0.010)
	Ranks in academic achievements	−0.022^***	−0.046^***	−0.027^***	−0.056^***	−0.011	−0.018
	Ranks in academic achievements	(0.008)	(0.014)	(0.009)	(0.014)	(0.009)	(0.016)
	Self-efficacy	0.142^***	0.195^***	0.145^***	0.218^***	0.117^***	0.122^*
	Self-efficacy	(0.038)	(0.063)	(0.041)	(0.067)	(0.043)	(0.071)
	Intimacy with classmates	0.538^***	0.499^***	0.548^***	0.529^***	0.511^***	0.409^**
	Intimacy with classmates	(0.086)	(0.135)	(0.091)	(0.141)	(0.099)	(0.162)
	Intimacy with roommates	0.413^***	0.519^***	0.370^***	0.469^***	0.574^***	0.687^***
	Intimacy with roommates	(0.053)	(0.088)	(0.057)	(0.094)	(0.060)	(0.102)
	Intimacy with teachers	0.390^***	0.518^***	0.304^***	0.442^***	0.705^***	0.804^***
	Intimacy with teachers	(0.066)	(0.110)	(0.071)	(0.116)	(0.073)	(0.120)
	Hours devoted to club participation	0.007^***	0.008^***	0.006^***	0.006^**	0.009^***	0.010^***
	Hours devoted to club participation	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.002)	(0.003)	(0.002)	(0.004)
Observation		9,788	3,277	9,806	3,281	9,785	3,276
R ²		0.163	0.183	0.154	0.178	0.127	0.148

(1). ^***Denotes the significance of 0.01; ^**denotes the significance of 0.05; ^*denotes the significance of 0.10. Values in brackets are standard errors. Similarly, hereinafter. (2). All models are set with grades, year of enrollment, types of colleges, discipline categories, and division of sciences and humanities in high school under control.