Table 1.

Main Effects of College Aspirations for Civic Indicators.

	Beta	Odds Ratio	SE	p-value
Conventional Engagement
Write to public officials
4-year plans	1.03	2.80	.023	<.001
2-year plans	.277	1.32	.030	<.001
Give money to candidate or cause
4-year plans	.672	1.96	.026	<.001
2-year plans	.190	1.21	.034	<.001
Work in a political campaign
4-year plans	1.10	3.00	.033	<.001
2-year plans	.340	1.40	.044	<.001
Voting
4-year plans	1.42	4.14	.026	<.001
2-year plans	.627	1.87	.032	<.001
Alternative Engagement
Participate in lawful demonstration
4-year plans	.776	2.17	.027	<.001
2-year plans	.255	1.29	.035	<.001
Boycott products or stores
4-year plans	.716	2.05	.024	<.001
2-year plans	.185	1.20	.032	<.001
Community Service
4-year plans	.667	1.95	.024	<.001
2-year plans	.124	1.13	.032	<.001
Trust in Government
Officials are crooked (reversed)
4-year plans	.221	1.25	.019	<.001
2-year plans	.137	1.15	.025	<.001
Government will do what is right
4-year plans	.573	1.77	.020	<.001
2-year plans	.216	1.24	.026	<.001
Public Hope
4-year plans	.639	1.89	.021	<.001
2-year plans	.123	1.13	.027	<.001

Notes. Year (entered as a series of 29 dummy coded variables), race, and sex were included as categorical variables in all models, but effects are not shown. Reference groups: Youth with no college plans, White youth, and females.