Table 2.

Propensity Score Regression Models Predicting College Attendance by Age 19 (N = 3,208)

Variables	Men		Women
Variables	b	SE	b	SE
Black	−0.01	0.11	−0.13	0.10
Hispanic	−0.06	0.14	−0.10	0.12
Father’s education	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01
Mother’s education	0.05^*	0.02	0.05^*	0.02
Parents’ income (1979 $1,000s)	0.99^*	0.38	−0.14	0.36
Both parents age 14	0.03	0.10	0.02	0.09
Number of siblings	−0.03	0.02	−0.04^*	0.02
Rural residence age 14	0.01	0.10	−0.05	0.09
Southern residence age 14	0.15^†	0.09	0.19^*	0.08
Catholic	0.00	0.10	0.08	0.09
Jewish	0.36	0.39	1.04^*	0.41
Cognitive ability	0.68^***	0.07	0.62^***	0.07
College preparatory	0.41^***	0.08	0.34^***	0.08
Parents’ encouragement	0.38^***	0.10	0.28^**	0.09
Friends’ plans	0.08^***	0.02	0.08^***	0.02
Constant	−3.48^***	0.35	−2.83^***	0.33
Wald χ²	417.33		362.00
p > χ²	.00		.00
n	1,574		1,634

Note. Probit regression controlling precollege covariates. “Both parents,” “Rural residence,” and “Southern residence age 14” = living with both parents, in a rural area, or in the South when the young man or woman was age 14.

^†

p < .10.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001. (two-tailed tests)