Table 4.
Multinomial Logistic Model Predicting Transition from High School to College: Type of College Enrollment
| Model lb (baseline) | Model 2b (+ academic achievement) | Model 3b (+ type of high school attended) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| two-year college | four-year university | two-year college | four-year university | two-year college | four-year university | |||||||
| Variable | Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | (SE) | Coef. | (SE) |
| Parental educationa | ||||||||||||
| High school | 0.12 | (0.23) | 0.53** | (0.19) | 0.12 | (0.23) | 0.40* | (0.20) | 0.08 | (0.23) | 0.33 | (0.19) |
| College | −0.26 | (0.26) | 1.04*** | (0.25) | −0.27 | (0.26) | 0.60* | (0.26) | −0.38 | (0.27) | 0.40 | (0.27) |
| Family income (logged) | 0.14 | (0.11) | 0.49*** | (0.12) | 0.14 | (0.11) | 0.37** | (0.11) | 0.11 | (0.12) | 0.27* | (0.13) |
| Owned homes | 0.32* | (0.16) | 0.71*** | (0.16) | 0.32* | (0.16) | 0.69*** | (0.17) | 0.28 | (0.16) | 0.62*** | (0.17) |
| Female | 0.10 | (0.18) | −0.01 | (0.17) | 0.09 | (0.18) | −0.29 | (0.17) | 0.08 | (0.18) | −0.31 | (0.18) |
| Academic achievement at 12th grade | — | — | 0.01 | (0.06) | 0.56*** | (0.06) | −0.05 | (0.06) | 0.42*** | (0.06) | ||
| Academic high school track | — | — | — | — | 0.58** | (0.19) | (0.21) | |||||
| Constant | −0.17 | (0.59) | −2.32*** | (0.62) | −0.22 | (0.64) | −3.63*** | (0.63) | −0.07 | (0.68) | −3.49*** | (0.66) |
| Log likelihood | −1376.74 | −1248.36 | −1212.58 | |||||||||
| Pseudo (McFadden’s) R2 | 0.05 | 0.14 | 0.17 | |||||||||
| 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
b.
the base category was no college enrollment
***
p<.001,
**
p<.01,
*
p<.05 (two-tailed tests)