Table 2.

Logistic Models Predicting Transition from Middle School to High

	Model 1 (baseline)		Model 2 (+ academic achievement)
Variable	Coef.	(SE)	Coef.	(SE)
Parental educationa
High school	0.43*	(0.18)	0.15	(0.20)
College	1.37***	(0.24)	0.88**	(0.28)
Family income (logged)	0.52***	(0.14)	0.49**	(0.17)
Owned homes	0.47***	(0.12)	0.26	(0.14)
Female	0.25	(0.14)	0.04	(0.17)
Academic achievement at ninth grade			0.06***	(0.00)
Constant	−2 72***	(0.73)	−4.49***	(0.92)
Log-likelihood	−778.22		−599.73
Pseudo (McFadden’s) R2	0.08		0.29
N	1,519		1,519

Data source: Korea Education and Employment Panel of 2004–2009

Note. Standard errors are corrected for clustering within schools.

^a.the reference group was middle school or less.

^***p<.001,

^**p<.01,

^*p<.05 (two-tailed tests)