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. 2010 May;47(2):369–392. doi: 10.1353/dem.0.0105

Table 7.

Logistic Regression Results of Educational and Occupational Attainment, by Gender, 1980 and 2005

College Completion
Upper White-Collar Occupation
Variable Hispanic Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Asian Hispanic Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Non-Hispanic Asian
a. Women
  Intercept –1.4361*** –1.4510*** –1.4659*** –1.4337*** –1.0215*** –1.0218*** –1.0269*** –1.0125***
  Year
    1980 (ref.)
    2005 0.7739*** 0.7788*** 0.7840*** 0.7731*** 0.8068*** 0.8069*** 0.8088*** 0.8035***
  Generation
    Parents of second generation –1.4047*** –0.4707*** –0.5769*** 1.3364*** –1.4163*** –0.4463*** –0.4457*** 0.2984***
  Year × Generation
    2005 × Second generation 0.8142*** 1.0667*** 0.9471*** –0.3208*** 1.0253*** 0.7912*** 0.5565*** 0.1671*
  Age (age 35 = 0) –0.0117*** –0.0194*** –0.0267*** –0.0104*** 0.0092*** 0.0091*** 0.0062** 0.0144***
  Number of observations 49,264 43,387 31,618 38,049 37,276 33,095 25,589 30,296
  –2 Log-likelihood 40,133 41,557 31,885 42,569 36,596 37,345 29,804 36,436
b. Men
  Intercept –0.9457*** –0.9573*** –0.9650*** –0.9416*** –0.9021*** –0.9075*** –0.9122*** –0.9016***
  Year
    1980 (ref.)
    2005 0.2513*** 0.2552*** 0.2577*** 0.2500*** 0.3310*** 0.3327*** 0.3342*** 0.3308***
  Generation
    Parents of second generation –1.4921*** –0.1961*** –0.1923*** 1.3526*** –1.2217*** –0.1634*** –0.4592*** 0.8457***
  Year × Generation
    2005 × Second generation 0.8673*** 0.7142*** 0.1900 –0.3705*** 0.8360*** 0.5230*** 0.8509*** –0.1481*
  Age (age 35 = 0) 0.0080*** 0.0008 –0.0036 0.0105*** 0.0331*** 0.0288*** 0.0253*** 0.0334***
  Number of observations 45,107 38,751 30,015 36,464 43,452 37,186 28,671 34,647
  –2 Log-likelihood 43,902 45,587 35,660 44,799 43,974 44,193 33,963 42,805
*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001