Table 2.

Resource provision by child's gender.

Resource provision		Girls	Boys
Economic resources
Educational expenditures last semester (N = 2000)	(Mean)	156.1	160.7
Learning environment
Number of books owned by child (N = 1775)	(Mean)	14.8	15.7
Helping child with homework (N = 1985)	Never	15.6	14.0
	Occasionally	50.1	49.4
	Often	34.3	36.6
χ2		1.63 (2)
Competition for time
Frequency child does regular chores (N = 1998)	Never	17.3	30.6
	Occasionally	64.1	57.6
	Often	18.7	11.8
χ2		55.47 (2)***
Aspirations
Highest level of education child can achieve (N = 1956)	Primary	5.9	3.2
	Junior	31.2	21.8
	Senior	37.0	45.7
	College	24.9	28.6
	Other	1.0	0.8
χ2		36.13 (4)***

Note: Asterisks denote significant results by chi-squared or t-test:

^*p < 0.1.

^**p < 0.05.

^***p < 0.01.