Table A1.

Descriptive Statistics of the Variables Used in Tables 2 and 3 in the Main Text.

	N	Minimum	Maximum	M	SD
Factual PK	66,582	2	20	13.045	2.668
Gender	66,102	0	1	0.506	0.500
Expected education	65,400	1	5	4.018	1.027
Same language	65,859	0	1	0.868	0.339
Education of parents	64,754	1	12	8.619	2.164
Political interest of parents	65,391	1	8	5.358	1.402
N books at home	66,144	1	6	3.483	1.329
Exposure to TV news	66,083	1	4	2.823	1.089
Exposure to newspaper news	66,026	1	4	2.162	1.075
Ratio of students/teachers	55,035	1.030	68.571	4.320	3.330
Social conflicts in community	60,814	22.563	77.178	48.347	9.433
Resources in community	60,855	0	9	6.812	1.944
Analytical PK	7,526	0	13	7.909	2.562
Gender	7,452	0	1	0.512	0.500
Expected education	7,369	1	5	4.093	1.001
Same language	7,427	0	1	0.928	0.259
Education of parents	7,312	1	12	8.827	2.129
Political interest of parents	7,381	1	8	5.445	1.364
N books at home	7,447	1	6	3.525	1.318
Exposure to TV news	7,450	1	4	2.820	1.092
Exposure to newspaper news	7,447	1	4	2.149	1.069
Ratio of students/teachers	6,302	1.030	68.571	4.746	3.624
Social conflicts in community	6,967	22.563	77.178	48.289	9.434
Resources in community	6,986	0	9	6.782	1.918

Source. Our elaboration on International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2009, students from Grade 8, International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) Level 1.

PK = political knowledge.

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