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Table 3.3.4: Key Determinants of ‘Higher Order’ Reading Skills (Children Aged 5-16), Full
Sample and by Quartile (Poorest and Richest) – ASER (Rural) 2016 (Marginal Effects from
Probit Model)
VARIABLES Can read story in Urdu/Pashto or Sindhi (=1), child aged 5-16 years
Full sample Poorest children Richest children
Child age (years) 0.0435*** 0.0456*** 0.0320***
(0.00283) (0.00467) (0.00615)
Male (=1 if male) 0.0686*** 0.0375*** 0.141***
(0.00848) (0.0127) (0.0215)
Father’s education (completed
years)
0.00450*** 0.00701*** 0.000800
(0.000993) (0.00156) (0.00249)
Mother’s education
(completed years)
0.00808*** 0.0108*** 0.0142***
(0.00123) (0.00167) (0.00450)
Current class* 0.330*** 0.331*** 0.355***
(0.00341) (0.00559) (0.00777)
Government school -0.148*** -0.101*** -0.216***
(0.0102) (0.0143) (0.0305)
madrasah -0.108* -0.518*** -0.00187
(0.0592) (0.0990) (0.112)
Otherschool* -0.0454 0.0738 -0.308***
(0.0488) (0.0811) (0.113)
wealthindex -0.0467***
(0.00567)
AJK 0.477*** 0.374*** 0.761***
(0.0139) (0.0173) (0.0575)
Balochistan -0.387*** -0.317*** -0.489***
(0.0132) (0.0293) (0.0309)
FATA -0.559*** -0.741*** -0.508***
(0.0183) (0.0372) (0.0401)
GB -0.252*** -0.267*** -0.220***
(0.0184) (0.0313) (0.0437)
ICT 0.268*** 0.340*** -0.361