Table III.
Description of schools’ socio-economic characteristics
| DISA schools | Comparison schools | |
|---|---|---|
| Variable | % | % |
| Graduating with a diploma in Year 9 | 67.3 | 72.0 |
| Family migrant background | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Mean | Mean | |
| Parents with low educationa (range 0–3) | 2.2 | 2.4 |
Data from the SALSA database.
No p-values available for these data. Statistical tests for between-group differences were not possible to perform. Hence, no p-values are presented.
a
Mean of each student's birth or adoptive parents’ level of education. Parental education is awarded 1 point if high school (year 9) is completed; 2 points if senior high school (year 12) is completed; and 3 points if an additional fourth year of senior high school or a minimum of 30 ETC in college or university is completed. Parents’ weighted level of education is the mean value of each school.