Table 2.

Descriptive breakdown of characteristics of study sample for students

		Indicator of student performance
Indicator variable		UCAS Tariff Points		Year 4 average
Variable	N (%)	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
School type
Independent	110 (20.88)	342.43	27.29	73.56	2.46
Grammar	115 (21.82)	342.11	32.95	73.92	2.58
Comprehensive	163 (30.93)	347.30	18.88	74.25	2.43
Sixth form	105 (19.92)	346.73	23.25	74.31	2.46
State (other)	34 (6.45)	335.17	48.30	74.73	1.93
		p<0.01		p=0.052
School performance
High	426 (89.31)	346.82	42.85	74.22	2.52
Low	51 (10.69)	338.05	22.81	73.96	2.20
		p=0.040		p=0.404
Deprivation*
1	88 (17.81)	335.24	69.89	73.82	2.57
2	74 (14.98)	339.71	70.45	74.38	1.99
3	76 (15.38)	345.21	69.83	73.93	2.27
4	112 (22.670	342.94	70.03	74.17	2.42
5	144 (29.15)	343.57	70.27	74.24	2.63
		p=0.253		p=0.542
POLAR 3†
1	44 (7.72)	335.35	69.81	73.62	3.00
2	65 (11.40)	348.52	70.29	73.92	2.07
3	109 (19.12)	341.37	70.28	74.37	2.64
4	145 (25.44)	343.10	69.89	74.02	2.41
5	207 (36.32)	341.09	70.13	74.27	2.34
		p=0.260		p=0.351
Sex
Males	196 (34.39)	339.90	69.90	73.76	2.66
Females	375 (65.61)	343.18	70.19	74.33	2.30
		p=0.227		p=0.012
Ethnicity
White	448 (78.46)	341.25	31.35	74.41	2.33
Asian	75 (13.13)	344.66	28.97	72.97	2.52
Black	5 (0.88)	325.00	30.00	74.40	2.34
Chinese	13 (2.28)	351.67	13.37	71.80	3.00
Mixed	23 (4.03)	343.48	25.34	74.07	2.27
Other	7 (1.23)	353.33	10.33	73.42	3.30
		p=0.873		p<0.001

*Deprivation defined by quintiles of Index of Multiple Deprivation (1=Most deprived to 5=Least deprived).

†Neighbourhood higher education participation (1=Lowest participation to 5=Highest participation). Item Missingness (N): School Type 44; School Performance 94; IMD 77; UCAS Tariff Points 21.