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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 4.

Linear probability model estimates for other academic problems

Independent variable Random effects Fixed effects
  d t-stat P d t-stat P
Problems w/ teachers and peers 0.039 1.72 0.085 0.013 0.39 0.698
   Probability at sample means 0.252          
     Hausman: F(1,1758) 0.00   0.989      
Problems completing homework 0.054** 2.69 0.007 0.047 1.61 0.108
   Probability at sample means 0.324          
     Hausman: F(1,1758) 0.00   0.972      
Frequent school absence 0.034 1.68 0.092 −0.001 −0.06 0.954
   Probability at sample means 0.278          
     Hausman: F(1,1758) 0.00   0.973      

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 socioeconomic and achievement indicators are not shown. Estimates are probability weighted.

* P<.05

**

P<.01