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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Rev High Ed. 2019 Winter;42(2):385–426. doi: 10.1353/rhe.2019.0001

Table A4.

Regression Coefficients for Effect of Engagement Experiences on Transfer to a Four-Year College within Six Years of Entry

Engagement Experience
Variable Faculty Social
Faculty Academic
Study Group
Clubs
Engagement −0.103 (0.075) 0.146* (0.078) 0.092 (0.063) 0.039 (0.096)
Logged Income 0.094*** (0.027) 0.112*** (0.027) 0.085*** (0.025) 0.134*** (0.028)
Pell Grant ($) 0.157*** (0.029) 0.223*** (0.031) 0.179*** (0.029) 0.169*** (0.028)
Parent: Up to Two Years 0.292*** (0.095) 0.223** (0.098) 0.300*** (0.092) 0.589*** (0.088)
Parent: Up to Four Years 0.033 (0.161) 0.167 (0.162) 0.238 (0.152) −0.312* (0.172)
Parent: Bachelor’s degree 0.657*** (0.099) 0.589*** (0.102) 0.553*** (0.098) 0.478*** (0.098)
Parent: Advanced degree 0.524*** (0.114) 0.734*** (0.114) 0.463*** (0.113) 0.431*** (0.110)
Parents Own Home 0.197** (0.099) 0.268*** (0.102) 0.098 (0.095) 0.097 (0.092)
Single Parent −0.128 (0.084) −0.098 (0.087) −0.185** (0.084) 0.127 (0.082)
Black 0.006 (0.113) −0.122 (0.119) −0.008 (0.112) −0.183* (0.109)
Asian 0.267 (0.168) 0.514*** (0.164) 0.279* (0.166) 0.071 (0.165)
Other Minority 0.297** (0.148) −0.040 (0.155) −0.079 (0.147) −0.368** (0.149)
Hispanic/Latino −0.375*** (0.144) 0.029 (0.145) −0.077 (0.138) −0.351*** (0.134)
Female 0.080 (0.078) 0.176** (0.079) 0.042 (0.076) 0.011 (0.076)
Age −0.013 (0.010) −0.041*** (0.011) −0.033*** (0.010) 0.009 (0.009)
Parental Support 0.022 (0.100) 0.084 (0.103) 0.148 (0.099) 0.457*** (0.098)
Married −0.192 (0.169) −0.254 (0.169) −0.338** (0.165) −0.166 (0.170)
Children 0.380** (0.165) 0.181 (0.161) 0.319** (0.159) 0.140 (0.161)
Financially Dependent 0.382** (0.151) 0.076 (0.148) 0.198 (0.146) 0.607*** (0.133)
GED −0.481*** (0.150) −0.258* (0.143) −0.251* (0.138) −0.140 (0.132)
High School GPA 0.246*** (0.062) 0.142** (0.062) 0.249*** (0.061) 0.204*** (0.061)
AP Credit 0.153 (0.118) 0.327*** (0.117) 0.139 (0.116) 0.159 (0.114)
Years Mathematics 0.275*** (0.032) 0.193*** (0.032) 0.197*** (0.031) 0.223*** (0.030)
Public High School −0.212* (0.118) −0.237* (0.125) −0.115 (0.118) −0.067 (0.124)
Lives On Campus 0.072 (0.137) 0.487*** (0.132) 0.079 (0.135) −0.122 (0.137)
Full-Time Student 0.395*** (0.086) 0.448*** (0.089) 0.323*** (0.085) 0.084 (0.082)
Distance to Home −0.003** (0.001) −0.006*** (0.001) −0.002 (0.001) −0.000 (0.001)
Enrollment Size 0.000*** (0.000) 0.000*** (0.000) 0.000*** (0.000) 0.000*** (0.000)
Percent Minority Enrollment −0.002 (0.002) (0.002) −0.001 −0.004* (0.002) −0.001 (0.002)
Percent Federal Funding 0.006*** (0.002) 0.004* (0.002) 0.006*** (0.002) 0.005** (0.002)
Humanities 0.410*** (0.136) −0.201 (0.146) 0.332** (0.135) 0.381*** (0.122)
Social/Behavioral 0.521*** (0.195) 0.068 (0.209) 0.309 (0.190) 0.445*** (0.164)
Life Science 0.750*** (0.211) 0.017 (0.248) 0.225 (0.218) 0.997*** (0.189)
Physical Science 0.173 (0.529) 1.479*** (0.481) 1.097** (0.442) 0.929** (0.425)
Math 1.001 (0.642) 1.170 (1.094) 1.289* (0.658) 0.481 (0.599)
Computer/Information 0.185 (0.186) 0.004 (0.182) −0.100 (0.190) 0.197 (0.191)
Engineering 0.373* (0.201) 0.122 (0.182) 0.185 (0.187) 0.795*** (0.181)
Education 0.412*** (0.143) 0.173 (0.160) 0.344** (0.143) 0.808*** (0.138)
Business/Management 0.171 (0.120) −0.085 (0.119) 0.159 (0.117) 0.429*** (0.122)
Health −0.228* (0.119) −0.516*** (0.122) −0.279** (0.115) 0.301** (0.119)
Vocational/Technical −1.237*** (0.315) −1.796*** (0.348) −1.360*** (0.321) −0.403 (0.258)
Other Professional 0.081 (0.128) −0.347** (0.138) −0.029 (0.128) 0.225* (0.128)
Hours Worked −0.013*** (0.003) −0.012*** (0.003) −0.010*** (0.003) 0.001 (0.002)
Job Related to Major 0.324*** (0.115) 0.373*** (0.123) 0.299*** (0.114) 0.162 (0.107)
Remedial Courses −0.023 (0.017) −0.016 (0.017) 0.001 (0.016) −0.022 (0.016)
Constant −4.839*** (0.467) −3.685*** (0.488) −3.920*** (0.463) −6.094*** (0.485)

Notes: : N= 7,010. The “Engagement” coefficient corresponds to the measure the dataset is matched on. Table displays standard errors in parentheses.

*

p<.1

**

p<.05

***

p<.01