Table 3.
Logistic Model Predicting Transition from High School to College: College Enrollment
| Model 1 (baseline) | Model 2 (+ academic achievement) | Model 3 (+ type of high school attended) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | (SE) |
| Parental educationa | ||||||
| High school | 0.32 | (0.19) | 0.21 | (0.20) | 0.15 | (0.20) |
| College | 0.59* | (0.23) | 0.21 | (0.23) | 0.03 | (0.24) |
| Family income (logged) | 0.30** | (0.10) | 0.25* | (0.10) | 0.19 | (0.12) |
| Owned homes | 0.56*** | (0.15) | 0.50** | (0.15) | 0.43** | (0.15) |
| Female | 0.03 | (0.16) | −0.12 | (0.16) | −0.13 | (0.16) |
| Academic achievement at 12th grade | — | (0.05) | 0.22*** | (0.05) | ||
| Academic high school track | — | — | 1.02*** | (0.17) | ||
| Constant | −0.48 | (0.55) | −1.23* | (0.57) | −0.97 | (0.62) |
| Log-likelihood | −577.24 | −552.93 | −536.44 | |||
| Pseudo (McFadden’s) R2 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.10 | |||
| N | 1,519 | 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)