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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Jan 21;50(6):1068–1080. doi: 10.1007/s10964-020-01376-x

Table 3.

Predictors of falling off-track for students exhibiting no educational risk in early high school

Off-track versus on-track
(4-year College)
Off-track versus on-track
(2- or 4-year College)
b SE B p b SE B p
Transitions between Waves I and II
 Relationship initiation 0.25 0.13 0.08 0.06 0.15 0.12 0.05 0.22
 Sex initiation 0.27 0.13 0.08 0.04 0.20 0.12 0.06 0.09
 Alcohol initiation 0.27 0.13 0.09 0.04 0.21 0.12 0.07 0.07
 Marijuana initiation 0.07 0.15 0.02 0.66 0.01 0.15 0.00 0.97
 Tobacco initiation 0.19 0.17 0.05 0.27 0.20 0.16 0.05 0.20
 Exit of a parent 0.34 0.16 0.06 0.04 0.29 0.16 0.05 0.07
 Entry of a parent 0.59 0.18 0.11 0.00 0.52 0.16 0.10 0.00
 School transition 0.32 0.17 0.07 0.06 0.30 0.16 0.07 0.06
 Residential mobility 0.39 0.15 0.07 0.01 0.25 0.15 0.05 0.11
 Number of earlier transitions 0.16 0.04 0.19 0.00 0.14 0.03 0.17 0.00

Significant effects are bolded