Table A3.

Means by Attendance in Elementary Versus Combined School and by Private/Public

	Public School Sample		Private School Sample
5th Grade Covariates	Elementary	Combined	Elementary	Combined
Male	0.51	0.50	0.46	0.50
Child’s race/ethnicity: White	0.55	0.61*	0.82	0.75*
Black	0.12	0.13	0.03	0.05
Hispanic	0.20	0.15*	0.08	0.12*
Asian	0.08	0.04*	0.04	0.05
Other	0.05	0.06	0.03	0.04
Mother’s Education: Less than high school	0.13	0.11*	0.01	0.01
High school diploma	0.34	0.37*	0.20	0.19
Some college	0.28	0.33*	0.30	0.31
Bachelor’s degree or more	0.25	0.19*	0.50	0.49
Household Income < $15,000	0.13	0.14	0.01	0.02
≤ $15,000 Income < $25,000	0.14	0.13	0.03	0.03
≥ $25,000 Income < $35,000	0.14	0.15	0.05	0.07
≥ $35,000 Income < $50,000	0.17	0.20*	0.12	0.12
≥ $50,000 Income < $75,000	0.17	0.18	0.26	0.23
≥ $75,000	0.26	0.20*	0.53	0.52
School enrollment: 0 – 149 students	0.02	0.03*	0.12	0.09*
150 – 299	0.11	0.17*	0.53	0.43*
300 – 499	0.37	0.25*	0.35	0.30
500 – 749	0.32	0.35*	0.00	0.18*
750 & above	0.18	0.20	0.00	0.00
Minorities in school <10%	0.26	0.40*	0.52	0.49
10% to less than 25%	0.18	0.16	0.25	0.20*
25% to less than 50%	0.20	0.12*	0.17	0.13
50% to less than 75%	0.12	0.04*	0.03	0.04
75% or more	0.26	0.28	0.03	0.13*
Urbanicity: Central city	0.34	0.24*	0.43	0.54*
Suburb	0.40	0.27*	0.30	0.30
Town or rural	0.27	0.49*	0.27	0.15*
Region: Northeast	0.18	0.19	0.10	0.22*
Midwest	0.22	0.46*	0.43	0.32*
South	0.35	0.25*	0.29	0.25
West	0.26	0.09*	0.18	0.21
Observations	6343	1196	275	1564

Notes: N=9,380.

^*differences in means are statistically significant at the 5% level.