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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Q J Econ. 2011 May;126(2):987–1027. doi: 10.1093/qje/qjr008

Table II.

Summary Statistics of Parental Reports

Mean SD N

Female 0.487 0.500 5,936
Age 12.225 3.334 5,928
Time use
  Computer Use (hours per week) 5.245 6.510 5,283
  Homework ≥ 1hr everyday 0.661 0.473 5,483
  TV ≥ 1hr everyday 0.746 0.436 5,498
  Reading ≥ 1hr everyday 0.053 0.224 5,244
Academic outcomes
  Math GPA 7.602 1.474 4,462
  Romanian GPA 7.762 1.422 4,478
  English GPA 7.822 1.501 3,536
  Behavior GPA 9.931 0.388 4,835
Non-cognitive outcomes
  Behavior Problems Index (BPI) 0.207 0.235 4,791
  BMI 19.783 3.814 4,611
  Sports 2.722 1.589 5,392
  Service 1.845 0.997 5,457

Notes: SD is the standard deviation and N is the sample size. Child gender and age are reported by primary caregiver. Computer Use is measured in hours per week. Homework, TV, and Reading are indicator variables for daily activity of more than 1 hour per day. GPAs represent raw scores ranging from 1 to 10. BMI is the body-mass index calculated from reported height and weight of the child. BPI ranges from 0 to 1 with higher scores indicating more behavior problems associated with trouble getting along with teachers, disobedience at home, disobedience at school, hanging around with troublemakers, bullying others, inability to sit still, and whether the child prefers to be alone. Sports and Service are frequencies ranging from 1 to 5. Source: 2009 Euro 200 survey.