Table 3.

General characteristics of the respondents (n = 601).

Variable	Description	Measurement	Category	f	%
Districts wise respondents	Number of respondents per district	Nominal	District A	205	34.1
			District B	197	32.8
			District C	199	33.1
Grade (Class)	Grade of the respondent	Nominal	6th	95	15.8
			7th	117	19.5
			8th	127	21.1
			9th	134	22.3
			10th	128	21.3
Gender	Gender of the respondent	Nominal	Female	313	52.1
			Male	287	47.8
Merit position	Merit position in the grade final examination	Ordinal	1–10	133	23.6
			11–20	131	23.2
			21–30	101	17.9
			31–40	81	14.4
			41–50	50	8.9
			>50	53	9.4
			Missing	37	6.2
Class attendance	What percentages of classes attended among the total percentages of the class conducted in the school in last year	Ordinal	>50%	13	2.2
			50–59%	10	1.7
			60–69%	44	7.3
			70–79%	110	18.3
			80–89%	307	51.1
			90–100%	117	19.5
Coaching attended	Total number of coaching attended inside and outside school	Ordinal	None	352	58.6
			1–2	219	36.5
			>2	30	4.8
Private tutor	Number of the tutor(s) attend privately out of school hours	Ordinal	None	83	13.8
			1–2	345	57.4
			3–4	135	22.5
			>4	37	6.2