Table 2.
Demographic materials of grade 8 and grade 4 students
| Variables | Groups | Grade 8 | Grade 4 |
| Residence | City | 54.59% | 65.71% |
| Rural region | 45.41% | 34.29% | |
| Only child | Yes | 59.74%/ | 47.23% |
| Not | 40.26% | 52.77% | |
| Left-behind child | Yes | 7.6% | 10.4% |
| Not | 92.4% | 89.6% | |
| Mothers' education | <College | 93.42% | 91.77% |
| ≧College | 6.58% | 8.23% | |
| Father's education | <College | 90.99% | 93.77% |
| ≧College | 9.01% | 6.23% | |
| Annual revenue | <60,000¥ | 71.7% | 71.1% |
| 60,000¥-100,000¥ | 20.1% | 20.3% | |
| >100,000¥ | 8.2% | 8.6% |
Note: ¥ = RMB.