Table 1.

Distribution of Educational Attainment by 1994 by Gender and Birth Cohort for 6–12 Year Olds in 1984 in Nang Rong, Thailand.

Variable	Primary (0–6) (%)	Lower Secondary (7–9) (%)	Upper Secondary (10 or more) (%)	All
Gender
Young women	50.28	45.05	45.03	49.31
Young men	49.72	54.95	54.97	50.69
	χ² = 9.752, df = 2, p = 0.008
Birth cohort
1972–1974	46.41	31.59	40.51	44.49
1975–1976	28.15	21.12	30.92	27.77
1977–1978	25.44	47.29	28.57	27.74
	χ² = 119.604, df = 4, p = 0.000
N	4,749	535	553	5,837
%	81.36	9.17	9.47	100.00
Gender and birth cohort
Young women
1972–1974 Cohort	47.07	32.37	35.34	44.82
1975–1976 Cohort	28.56	21.99	31.33	28.25
1977–1978 Cohort	24.37	45.64	33.33	26.93
	χ² = 61.216, df = 4, p= 0.000
N (Young women)	2,388	241	249	2,878
%	82.97	8.37	8.65	100.00
Young men
1972–1974 Cohort	45.74	30.95	44.74	44.17
1975–1976 Cohort	27.74	20.41	30.59	27.31
1977–1978 Cohort	26.51	48.64	24.67	28.52
	χ² = 66.096, df = 4, p = 0.000
N (Young men)	2,361	294	304	2,959
%	79.79	9.94	10.27	100.00

Note: Values (except the N and % rows) represent percentages within the educational attainment category (column percentages).