Table A3.
Public School Sample |
Private School Sample |
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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.