Table 2.
Demographic Predictors of Termination of Schooling at Four Educational Milestones*
| Predictor | Terminated Primary School | Terminated Secondary School | Did Not Enter College | Terminated College | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds | 95% CL | Odds | 95% CL | Odds | 95% CL | Odds | 95% CL | |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18–34 | 0.09 | (0.03,0.25) | 0.78 | (0.57,1.07) | 0.83 | (0.61,1.15) | 1.57 | (1.14,2.14) |
| 35–9 | 0.11 | (0.05,0.26) | 0.43 | (0.31,0.60) | 0.73 | (0.54,1.00) | 0.97 | (0.71,1.32) |
| 50–64 | 0.59 | (0.27,1.25) | 0.48 | (0.35,0.65) | 0.57 | (0.41,0.78) | 0.96 | (0.70,1.30) |
| >64 | reference | reference | reference | reference | ||||
| Chisq3 (p) | 36.78 (<.001) | 39.58 (<.001) | 15.65 (.001) | 32.97 (<.001) | ||||
| Parent’s Education | ||||||||
| <H.S Grad. | 41.53 | (9.66,178.48) | 7.41 | (4.86,11.32) | 7.64 | (5.63,10.36) | 2.92 | (2.27,3.75) |
| H.S. Grad | 12.53 | (2.76,56.85) | 3.35 | (2.19,5.11) | 5.69 | (4.34,7.45) | 2.5 | (2.04,3.06) |
| Some college | 23.16 | (3.71,144.74) | 1.84 | (1.10,3.09) | 1.25 | (0.89,1.76) | 1.89 | (1.51,2.36) |
| College | reference | reference | reference | reference | ||||
| Chisq3 (p) | 35.81 (<.001) | 123.47 (<.001) | 285.8 (<.001) | 98.97 (<.001) | ||||
| Race-Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Hispanic | 8.13 | (3.72,17.76) | 2.15 | (1.51,3.06) | 1.68 | (1.23,2.30) | 1.28 | (0.96,1.71) |
| Black | 3.15 | (1.57,6.31) | 1.5 | (1.13,1.99) | 1.35 | (1.01,1.82) | 1.26 | (1.00,1.60) |
| Other | 5.56 | (1.26,24.59) | 1.01 | (0.64,1.61) | 0.61 | (0.40,0.93) | 0.75 | (0.52,1.09) |
| White | reference | reference | reference | reference | ||||
| Chisq3 (p) | 29.02 (<.001) | 22.53 (<.001) | 20.96 (<.001) | 9.01 (.029) | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 2.15 | (1.25,3.70) | 1.16 | (0.94,1.43) | 0.93 | (0.78,1.11) | 0.87 | (0.75,1.02) |
| Female | reference | reference | reference | reference | ||||
| Chisq1 (p) | 7.61 (.006) | 1.9 (.168) | 0.58 (.447) | 2.93 (.087) | ||||
*
Odds ratios estimated in person-year models containing all demographic variables.