Table 3.

Multinomial Logistic Regression Models of College Quality among College Attendees (Relative Risk Ratios versus Community College), with Controls for Family Background and Armed Forces Qualifying Test Score, Women

Variable	Non- or Less Competitive	P	w ≠ m	Competitive	P	w ≠ m	Very, Highly, or Most Competitive	P	w ≠ m
Black	1.35			1.32			1.71	*
Hispanic	0.83			0.98			1.22
Mother’s Highest Grade of School Completed
0–11	1.17			1.08			0.76
13–15	0.90			1.08			0.93
16+	1.14			1.17			1.45
Father’s Highest Grade of School Completed
0–11	1.04			0.73			0.98
13–15	1.65	*		0.99			0.86
16+	1.87	*		1.81	**		1.53
Mother’s Occupation
No Work for Pay	1.25			1.44	*	††	1.47
Professional/ Managerial	1.21			1.14			1.43
Father’s Occupation
No Work for Pay	0.82			1.03			1.45
Professional/Managerial	1.26			1.02			1.63
Parental Income Quintile, 1979–1982, Any Years Youth Lived in Parental Home
Second	1.00			1.50			0.62
Third	0.88			1.40			1.06
Fourth	1.17			1.36			1.10
Fifth	1.04			1.92			1.14
Armed Forces Qualifying Test Quintile
Second	1.44			1.57			2.3	*
Third	1.82	*		3.52	***		2.49	*
Fourth	1.58			3.79	***		5.57	***
Fifth	1.77			6.24	***		16.87	***
Two-Parent Household at Age 14	0.80			1.06			0.99
Number of Siblings	0.98			1.02			0.96
Age	0.97			0.97			0.9	*
Constant	0.37			0.14	**		0.18
N	2,057			2,057			2,057

Note: Robust standard errors in parentheses. Omitted categories for explanatory variables are White, mother/ father completed 12 years of schooling, mother/ father works for pay but occupation is not professional or managerial, first parental income quintile, first Armed Forces Qualifying Test quintile. Significance tests based on robust standard errors (not shown).

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001.

Crosses indicate significance of difference of coefficient relative to models for men:

^†p < .05

^††p < .01

^†††p < .001.