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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2013 Apr;50(2):447–469. doi: 10.1007/s13524-012-0157-1

Table 6.

Causal effects of single-sex schools on college attendance for boys

4-Year College
2-Year Junior College
M1-1 M1-2 M2-1 M2-2
All-Boys School (vs. coed) 5.605 (0.892)*** 2.435 (0.918)** −2.719 (0.847)** −1.712 (1.035)
Proportion of Students Receiving Lunch Support (0.01 unit) −0.157 (0.087) 0.305 (0.153)*
Average Years of Teaching Experience of Teachers −0.062 (0.169) −0.199 (0.163)
Average Years of Schooling Attained of Teachers −0.940 (1.676) −1.087 (1.411)
Seniors-Teacher Ratio −2.719 (0.745)*** 0.599 (0.914)
Private School (vs. public) 7.198 (1.018)*** −2.214 (1.182)
School District Controlled Controlled
2009 Seniors (vs. 2008 seniors) Controlled Controlled
Constant 41.595 (1.249)*** 37.313 (1.379)*** 10.145 (0.929)*** 13.333 (1.380)***
R2 0.317 0.456 0.496 0.538

Notes: The analysis was conducted for data of 68 all-boys schools and 68 coeducational schools that are nested within 11 school districts per cohort. Values in parentheses are robust standard errors taking into account two cohorts per school.

p < .10;

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01;

***

p < .001