Table 3.
Logistic Regression predicting the effect of family background, achievement, placement, and exposure on 4 year college enrollment
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exp(β) | t-value | exp(β) | t-value | exp(β) | t-value | exp(β) | t-value | exp(β) | t-value | exp(β) | t-value | |
| Intercept | 0.51 | -6.54 | 0.01 | -15.31 | 0.00 | -16.12 | 0.01 | -14.32 | 0.00 | -14.92 | 0.01 | -14.65 |
| Parent's education (High School) | ||||||||||||
| Less than High School | 1.12 | 0.89 | 1.40 | 2.36 | 1.40 | 2.33 | 1.29 | 1.76 | 1.36 | 2.06 | 1.44 | 2.42 |
| Some post secondary | 1.81 | 6.01 | 1.52 | 3.90 | 1.48 | 3.61 | 1.43 | 3.22 | 1.37 | 2.84 | 1.35 | 2.68 |
| Bachelors | 2.32 | 8.35 | 1.75 | 5.14 | 1.66 | 4.61 | 1.65 | 4.47 | 1.42 | 3.03 | 1.07 | 0.46 |
| Masters+ PhD | 6.71 | 11.78 | 4.85 | 9.20 | 4.39 | 8.53 | 4.34 | 8.38 | 3.47 | 6.94 | 2.60 | 4.60 |
| Missing | 0.61 | -2.25 | 0.89 | -0.48 | 0.89 | -0.48 | 0.89 | -0.47 | 0.89 | -0.49 | 0.87 | -0.54 |
| income | 1.01 | 6.85 | 1.01 | 5.63 | 1.01 | 5.32 | 1.01 | 4.93 | 1.01 | 4.24 | 1.01 | 4.24 |
| Family Structure (Two original parent) | ||||||||||||
| Single Parent | 0.88 | -1.25 | 1.10 | 0.88 | 1.09 | 0.79 | 1.12 | 1.01 | 1.06 | 0.57 | 1.07 | 0.62 |
| Step Parent | 0.44 | -8.14 | 0.47 | -7.06 | 0.47 | -6.98 | 0.47 | -6.79 | 0.48 | -6.63 | 0.48 | -6.64 |
| Other Family | 0.62 | -2.56 | 0.70 | -1.78 | 0.73 | -1.58 | 0.77 | -1.27 | 0.75 | -1.36 | 0.83 | -0.90 |
| Race (White) | ||||||||||||
| Black | 1.00 | 0.04 | 1.52 | 3.57 | 1.49 | 3.35 | 1.40 | 2.82 | 1.30 | 2.18 | 1.31 | 2.24 |
| Asian | 1.72 | 2.91 | 1.45 | 1.82 | 1.40 | 1.63 | 1.27 | 1.13 | 1.24 | 1.03 | 1.27 | 1.11 |
| Other | 1.54 | 1.57 | 1.86 | 2.04 | 1.93 | 2.11 | 1.98 | 2.19 | 1.98 | 2.19 | 1.92 | 2.09 |
| Mexican | 0.64 | -2.00 | 0.38 | -3.96 | 0.40 | -3.78 | 0.39 | -3.79 | 0.38 | -3.88 | 0.39 | -3.82 |
| Hispanic Not Mexican | 1.37 | 1.88 | 1.99 | 3.76 | 1.97 | 3.67 | 2.05 | 3.84 | 2.15 | 4.05 | 2.14 | 4.03 |
| Missing Race | 4.20 | 0.26 | 10.44 | 0.43 | 9.65 | 0.40 | 9.57 | 0.40 | 10.26 | 0.41 | 9.80 | 0.41 |
| Earlier Achievement | ||||||||||||
| PVT Wave I Score (Raw) | 1.03 | 5.55 | 1.02 | 4.32 | 1.01 | 3.06 | 1.01 | 2.84 | 1.01 | 2.95 | ||
| Average GPA 9th and 10 th | 2.82 | 18.36 | 2.44 | 15.17 | 2.00 | 10.99 | 2.00 | 10.95 | 1.95 | 10.50 | ||
| Math Placement 9th | 2.00 | 8.23 | 1.18 | 1.60 | 1.13 | 1.22 | 1.11 | 0.98 | ||||
| Math Placement 11th | 1.70 | 9.08 | 1.72 | 9.19 | 1.71 | 9.01 | ||||||
| School-level % of parents with ba and above | 4.69 | 6.15 | 2.54 | 2.78 | ||||||||
| Proportion of course overlap with ba and above | 2.54 | 2.68 | ||||||||||
Sample: Cohort of 11th graders in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996; N= 3677