| 1 | A | B | C | D | E |
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| 2 | decomposition results accounting for the gap in resp participation between high- and low-income parents, including literacy, longitudinal and international study of adults |  |  |  |  |
| 3 |  | main sample |  | canadian-born sample |  |
| 4 |  | percentage points | percent of overall gap | percentage points | percent of overall gap |
| 5 | gelbach decomposition |  |  |  |  |
| 6 | overall gap | 0.451 | .. | 0.467 | .. |
| 7 | explained gap | 0.331 | 73.4 | 0.337 | 74.7 |
| 8 | share of income gap in resp participation accounted for by |  |  |  |  |
| 9 | demographics | 0.013 | 2.9 | 0.027 | 6.0 |
| 10 | net worth | 0.242 | 53.7 | 0.240 | 53.2 |
| 11 | education | 0.051 | 11.3 | 0.048 | 10.6 |
| 12 | literacy | 0.025 | 5.5 | 0.022 | 4.9 |
| 13 | oaxaca-blinder decomposition |  |  |  |  |
| 14 | overall gap | 0.451 | .. | 0.467 | .. |
| 15 | explained gap | 0.290 | 64.3 | 0.306 | 67.8 |
| 16 | share of income gap in resp participation accounted for by |  |  |  |  |
| 17 | demographics | 0.016 | 3.5 | 0.049 | 10.9 |
| 18 | net worth | 0.227 | 50.3 | 0.226 | 50.1 |
| 19 | education | 0.015 | 3.3 | -0.004 | -0.9 |
| 20 | literacy | 0.031 | 6.9 | 0.035 | 7.8 |

Question: what percent of the overall gap in resp participation can explain the differences in literacy?
Answer: 5.5