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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2008 Mar;37(1):55–72. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.11.002

Table 5.

Predictors of School Belonging by Reciprocity of Relationsh

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Intercept 2.94 (0.02) *** 2.95 (0.02) *** 3.65 (0.10) *** 3.25 (0.10) *** 2.89 (0.10) ***
Reciprocal 0.06 (0.01) *** 0.05 (0.01) *** 0.07 (0.01) *** 0.06 (0.01) *** 0.03 (0.01) *
Interracial friendship −0.06 (0.02) ** −0.06 (0.02) ** −0.04 (0.03) −0.04
0.03
Gender
 Male -- -- --
 Female −0.11 (0.01) *** −0.09 (0.01) *** −0.07 (0.02) ***
Race
 White -- -- --
 Black −0.07 (0.03) ** −0.05 (0.02) ** −0.03 (0.02)
 Hispanic −0.01 (0.03) 0.07 (0.03) * 0.09 (0.03) *
 Asian −0.05 (0.04) −0.01 (0.06) 0.00 (0.06)
 Native American −0.04 (0.08) 0.02 (0.09) 0.02 (0.08)
Age −0.04 (0.01) *** −0.04 (0.01) *** −0.04 (0.01) ***
Mom’s education 0.03 (0.00) *** 0.03 (0.00) ***
Generational Status
 First generation 0.03 (0.03) 0.05 (0.03)
 Second generation −0.03 (0.02) −0.03 (0.02)
 Third generation -- --
 Missing generation −0.01 (0.04) 0.01 (0.04)
School Characteristics
 School size 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)
 Urban -- --
 Suburban −0.01 (0.02) −0.02 (0.02)
 Rural 0.03 (0.03) 0.02 (0.04)
 Proportion of same race at school 0.00 (0.00) * 0.00 (0.00) *
Friendship Characteristics
 Number of activities with best friend 0.00 (0.01)
 Spent time with best friend 0.03 (0.02)
 Saw friend after school 0.04 (0.02) **
Friendship Nominations
 Numbers of Friends Nominated by R 0.07 (0.01) ***
 Number of friends nominated by best friend 0.01 (0.00) *
N 35,145 35,145 34,849 29,001 29,001
Log-Likelihood −40,353 −40,335.00 −39,847 −32,489 −32,271
*

p<0.05;

**

p<0.01;

***

p<0.001.

Note: Estimates of model log-likelihood came from standard regression estimates; standard errors were obtained from a survey specific procedure.