Table 5

Discrete Choice Model Estimates

Choice Characteristic	All Qualified Students				Public JHS	Public JHS (ACH)^{^a}
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
SSCE performance	0.774^***	0.763^***	0.767^***	0.924^***	0.698^***	0.320^***
	(0.013)	(0.012)	(0.012)	(0.021)	(0.015)	(0.011)
Colonial	0.651^***	0.636^***	0.635^***	0.690^***	0.607^***	0.137^***
	(0.012)	(0.011)	(0.011)	(0.019)	(0.014)	(0.034)
Public	2.375^***	2.241^***	2.399^***	3.350^***	2.125^***	2.922^***
	(0.267)	(0.255)	(0.223)	(0.554)	(0.243)	(0.084)
Single sex	0.710^***	0.482^***	0.466^***	0.592^***	0.397^***	0.992^***
	(0.014)	(0.014)	(0.015)	(0.021)	(0.019)	(0.031)
Boarding facilities	1.037^***	1.160^***	1.164^***	1.349^***	1.107^***	0.903^***
	(0.015)	(0.017)	(0.017)	(0.038)	(0.021)	(0.014)
Distance	−0.044^***	−0.047^***	−0.048^***	−0.042^***	−0.051^***	−0.060^***
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Student’s BECE score
× SSCE performance		0.446^***	0.362^***	0.368^***	0.301^***	0.411^**
		(0.011)	(0.010)	(0.010)	(0.012)	(0.013)
× Colonial		0.071^***	0.053^***	0.063^***	0.030^**	0.257^***
		(0.012)	(0.012)	(0.012)	(0.015)	(0.038)
× Public		0.014	0.335	0.418^*	0.221	−0.162^*
		(0.379)	(0.246)	(0.214)	(0.213)	(0.093)
× Single sex		0.192^***	0.101^***	0.106^***	0.086^***	−0.014
		(0.011)	(0.014)	(0.014)	(0.017)	(0.037)
× Boarding facilities		0.244^***	0.122^***	0.130^***	0.118^***	0.307^***
		(0.016)	(0.016)	(0.016)	(0.018)	(0.017)
× Distance		0.012^***	0.006^***	0.006^***	0.006^***	0.005^***
		(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
JHS mean BECE score
× SSCE performance			0.138^***	0.086^***	0.079^***	0.089^***
			(0.018)	(0.019)	(0.024)	(0.018)
× Colonial			0.044^**	0.022	0.039	−0.088^**
			(0.018)	(0.019)	(0.025)	(0.042)
× Public			−0.597	−0.882^*	−0.992^*	−0.212
			(0.400)	(0.469)	(0.534)	(0.167)
× Single sex			0.135^***	0.089^***	0.118^***	0.231^**
			(0.019)	(0.020)	(0.027)	(0.048)
× Boarding facilities			0.240^***	0.184^***	0.171^***	−0.021
			(0.028)	(0.030)	(0.035)	(0.027)
× Distance			0.008^***	0.006^***	0.007^***	0.004^***
			(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
JHS public
× SSCE performance				−0.216^***
				(0.027)
× Colonial				−0.087^***
				(0.025)
× Public				−1.168^*
				(0.666)
× Single sex				−0.213^***
				(0.028)
× Boarding facilities				−0.237^***
				(0.043)
× Distance				−0.009^***
				(0.001)
Students	484,827	484,827	484,827	484,827	354033	292,406

Notes: Dependent variable is an indicator for the student’s first choice school. Alternatives consist of five next most selective schools relative to the student’s first choice (measured by mean exam score of students admitted to school in previous year). Regressions also include distance squared, number of programs offered, and number of vacancies. Standard errors are clustered at the junior high school level; ^*p < 0.1, ^**p < 0.05, ^***p < 0.01. See notes in Table 6 for Column 6.
↵^a Artemov, Che, and He (2021) method.