Table 5.

Coefficients for Logistic Regression Analysis of High School Graduation, Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Whites and Blacks Born between 1968 and 1980, by Race

	Blacks		Whites
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Local Neighborhood Conditions
Duration of exposure to low neighborhood advantagea
Duration 0 percent	reference		reference
Duration 1 to 25 percent	.009 (.370)		−.687 † (.367)
Duration 26 to 75 percent	.092 (.294)		−.767 * (.375)
Duration 76 to 99 percent	−.430 (.313)		−2.104 * (.872)
Duration 100 percent	−.108 (.325)		−2.136 ** (.761)
Duration of exposure to extremely low neighborhood advantageb
Duration 0 percent		reference		reference
Duration 1 to 25 percent		.012 (.262)		−2.137 *** (.676)
Duration 26 to 75 percent		−.056 (.250)		−2.273 * (.969)
Duration 76 to 99 percent		−.629 † (.374)
Duration 100 percent		−1.128 * (.532)
Extralocal Neighborhood Conditions
Average extralocal neighborhood advantage between ages 0 and 18	.076 (.106)	.064 (.104)	−.411 ** (.146)	−.267 † (.137)
Micro-level characteristics
Female	.082 (.178)	.094 (.179)	.569 ** (.219)	.609 ** (.220)
Year of birth	−.003 (.023)	−.006 (.023)	.022 (.028)	.018 (.028)
Family income-to-needs ratio	1.035 *** (.182)	1.032 *** (.182)	.907 *** (.158)	.911 *** (.158)
Head completed college	.532 (.760)	.509 (.761)	2.262 ** (.731)	2.262 ** (.731)
Time in female-headed family	.464 (.275)	.490 (.274)	−.189 (.413)	−.299 (.407)
Residential mobility	−1.714 ** (.569)	−1.987 *** (.571)	−2.064 ** (.677)	−2.126 *** (.661)
Model chi-square	811.851	810.213	613.621	614.230
Number of observations	953		1,301

Notes: Numbers in parentheses are standard errors.

^aLow neighborhood advantage refers to residence in a tract with a score on the Local Neighborhood Advantage Index (LNAI) more than one standard deviation below the mean for all tracts.

^bExtremely low neighborhood advantage refers to residence in a tract with a LNAI score more than two standard deviations below the mean for all tracts.

^†p ≤ .10

^*p ≤ .05

^**p ≤ .01

^***p ≤ .001