Table 2.

Binary probit models predicting primary school completion and continuation beyond primary school: 17- and 18-year-old^a Brazilians, 1982 and 2007

	Completed Primary		Transitioned to Secondary
	1982	2007	1982	2007
Variable	Model 2.1	Model 2.2	Model 2.3	Model 2.4
Sex (omitted: female)	0.305***	0.534***	0.337***	0.569***
	(0.029)	(0.042)	(0.032)	(0.037)
Race (omitted: black)
White	0.570**	0.163*	0.527**	0.228**
	(0.071)	(0.076)	(0.083)	(0.081)
Pardo	0.220**	−0.049	0.152†	−0.007
	(0.074)	(0.077)	(0.087)	(0.072)
Mother’s Education	0.489**	0.343**	0.380**	0.350**
	(0.034)	(0.037)	(0.035)	(0.034)
Father’s Education	0.426**	0.304**	0.440**	0.285**
	(0.030)	(0.037)	(0.031)	(0.033)
Urban	0.586**	0.170**	0.505**	0.120*
	(0.042)	(0.051)	(0.052)	(0.048)
Log of Family Income	0.378**	0.186**	0.399**	0.252**
	(0.022)	(0.029)	(0.025)	(0.028)
Constant	−9.559**	−5.725**	−11.12**	−7.728**
	(0.535)	(0.732)	(0.605)	(0.665)
Pseudo-R2	.2712	.1802	.2685	.1863
N	14,347	7,269	14,347	7,269

Notes: Robust standard errors are in parentheses. All models control for child’s age and region of residence (coefficients not shown).

Source: PNADs 1982 and 2007.

^aChildren of the head of the family.

^†p < .10

^*p < .05

^**p < .01

^***p < .001