TABLE 2.
Bivariate Mediator Effects on First NonEnrollment (Un-Standardized Parameter Estimates)
| Step 1: Parental Education Predicting Mediators (a Paths)a |
Step 2: Mediators Predicting First-Semester Not-Enrolled (b Paths)b |
Resulting Effect of Parental Education on First-Semester Not-Enrolled |
Mediator Effects |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mediators | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | b | SE | Z |
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Entry Characteristics | |||||||||
| ACT Composite Score | −0.83** | .13 | −0.06** | .01 | 0.16* | .07 | 0.05 | .01 | 4.40** |
| High School Rank | 2.07** | .71 | −0.02** | .01 | 0.28** | .08 | −0.05 | .02 | −2.84* |
| Party Aspiration | −0.12** | .03 | −0.01 | .05 | 0.20** | .07 | 0.01 | .01 | 0.23 |
| Edification | −0.01 | .02 | 0.02 | .06 | 0.20** | .07 | −0.01 | .01 | −0.04 |
| Career Aspiration | 0.04* | .02 | −0.16** | .06 | 0.20** | .07 | −0.01 | .01 | −1.67 |
| Date/Mate Aspiration | −0.18** | .03 | −0.09* | .04 | 0.18* | .07 | 0.02 | .01 | 1.95 |
| Lack of Funds From | |||||||||
| Scholarships | −0.31** | .01 | 0.62** | .09 | 0.13 | .10 | −0.20 | .07 | −2.90** |
| Grants | −1.03** | .10 | −0.12 | .11 | 0.12 | .11 | 1.08 | ||
| Loans | −0.93** | .09 | −0.20* | .09 | 0.19 | .09 | 2.15** | ||
| Parents’ Contribution | 0.55** | .10 | 0.11 | .10 | 0.06 | .06 | 1.11 | ||
| Off-Campus Job | −0.28* | .03 | 0.10 | .13 | −0.03 | .04 | −0.75 | ||
| On-Campus Job | −0.68** | .12 | 0.03 | .13 | −0.02 | .09 | −0.19 | ||
| Savings | 0.30** | .10 | 0.03 | .10 | 0.01 | .03 | 0.32 | ||
| Military | −0.66 | .43 | −0.89** | .34 | 0.58 | .44 | 1.33 | ||
|
College Experience | |||||||||
| Job Status: | |||||||||
| Work at All | 0.81** | .09 | −0.71** | .16 | −0.12 | .20 | −0.57 | .02 | −3.89** |
| Part-Time Work | 0.54** | .08 | −1.36** | .20 | −0.19 | .19 | −0.73 | .02 | −4.88** |
| Full-Time Work | 0.82** | .14 | 1.44** | .21 | 1.18 | .07 | 4.46** | ||
| College GPA | −0.10** | .02 | −1.30** | .04 | 0.03 | .08 | 0.13 | .03 | 4.55** |
| Heavy drinking | −0.12* | .05 | 0.04 | .06 | −0.20 | .19 | −0.01 | .01 | −0.60 |
| Drug Use | −0.01 | .02 | 0.23* | .11 | −0.20 | .19 | −0.01 | .01 | −0.21 |
| Academic Challenges | 0.03 | .03 | −0.60** | .08 | −0.22 | .19 | −0.02 | .02 | −1.00 |
| Friendship Challenges | −0.02 | .03 | 0.09 | .07 | −0.21 | .19 | −0.01 | .01 | −0.62 |
| BSI 18 Global Severity Index | −0.01 | .02 | 0.40** | .12 | −0.26 | .20 | −0.01 | .01 | −0.05 |
Note. Sex and race controlled in all analyses. Time parameters are covariates in all steps. PRoC MIXEd (continuous variables)/GLIMMIX (dichotomous variables) effects are given for a-paths of time-varying variables.
a
n = 2,371–3,289); n(person-semesters) = 16,009–23,711.
b
n(person-semesters) = 15,730–23,018.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.