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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Econ Educ Rev. 2007 Oct;26(5):604–614. doi: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2006.10.003

Table 3.

Linear probability model estimates for having a low GPA

Independent variable Random effects Fixed effects
  d t-stat P d t-stat P
Maltreatment index 0.062** 3.20 0.001 0.059* 2.34 0.020
Male (1 = yes; 0 = no) 0.022 0.76 0.449 0.048 0.39 0.695
Age (Years) 0.008 1.00 0.319 0.005 0.46 0.642
Race/Ethnicity            
  Black, non-Hispanic 0.200 0.38 0.706      
  Hispanic −0.050 −0.88 0.379      
  Other −0.107* −2.56 0.010      
Adjusted family income ÷ 10,000 −0.003 −0.92 0.357      
Mother's educational attainment            
  Completed high school −0.049 −0.61 0.544      
  Completed college −0.147 −1.58 0.115      
Mother's marital status            
  Married 0.020 0.26 0.797      
  Widowed, divorced, or separated −0.001 −0.01 0.989      
Low birthweight −0.031 −0.63 0.529 0.089 1.05 0.292
Birth parents living with youth            
  Mother only 0.076 1.80 0.071 0.173 1.67 0.095
  Father only −0.054 −0.69 0.490 −0.256 −1.12 0.261
  Neither mother or father −0.061 −0.77 0.444 −0.058 −0.34 0.731
PPVT score −0.005*** −3.65 0.000 −0.006** −2.92 0.004
             
Probability at sample means 0.293          
     Hausman: F(1,1758) 0.00 0.984        

Notes: Reference categories are white non-Hispanic race, mother did not complete high school, mother never married, and lives with both birth parents. Coefficients for indicators of missing mother's education and marital status are not shown. Estimates are probability weighted.

*

P<.05

**

P<.01

***

P<.001