Table 3:
Multivariate Models of High School Dropout among MCA Immigrants, for 18-24-Year-Olds and 14-18-Year-Olds
| 18-24-Year-Old Samplea |
14-18-Year-Old Sampleb |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) |
(2) |
|||||||
| Documented Immigrant | -.525 | (.204)* | -.477 | (.276)+ | -.392 | (.275) | -.229 | (.352) |
| Individual characteristics | ||||||||
| Age 15 | – | – | – | – | .412 | (.526) | .253 | (.518) |
| Age 16 | – | – | – | – | .498 | (.518) | .264 | (.523) |
| Age 17 | – | – | – | – | .899 | (.502) | .592 | (.528) |
| Age 18 | – | – | – | – | 1.452 | (.477)** | 1.065 | (.535)* |
| Age 19 (at last obs.) | – | – | -.464 | (.353) | – | – | ||
| Age 20 (at last obs.) | – | – | -1.375 | (.409)** | – | – | – | – |
| Age 21 (at last obs.) | – | – | -1.299 | (.472)** | – | – | – | – |
| Age 22 (at last obs.) | – | – | -1.306 | (.465)** | – | – | – | – |
| Age 23 (at last obs.) | – | – | -1.873 | (.522)*** | – | – | – | – |
| Age 24 (at last obs.) | – | – | -1.651 | (.461)*** | – | – | – | – |
| Female | – | – | -.032 | (.192) | – | – | .230 | (.257) |
| Working | – | – | – | – | .714 | (.302)* | ||
| Age at immigration, 6-11 years of age | – | – | .242 | (.224) | – | – | .245 | (.273) |
| Age at immigration, 12-13 years of age | – | – | .606 | (.271)* | – | – | .596 | (.431) |
| Household characteristics | ||||||||
| Living alone | – | – | – | – | – | – | .366 | (.324)** |
| Lives with both parents | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.381 | (.874) |
| Number of younger siblings | – | – | – | – | – | – | .003 | (.092) |
| Number of older siblings | – | – | – | – | – | – | -.236 | (.408) |
| Parental education | – | – | – | – | – | – | -.069 | (.036) |
| Parental unemployment | – | – | – | – | – | – | .926 | (.302)** |
| Monthly family income (in $1,000) | – | – | – | – | – | – | .000 | (.000) |
| State characteristics | ||||||||
| State unemployment | – | – | .009 | (.114) | – | – | .064 | (.109) |
| State % some college | – | – | .018 | (.022) | – | – | .056 | (.033) |
| In-state tution for undocumented | – | – | -.616 | (.524) | – | – | -.539 | (.614) |
| In-state tuition X documented immigrant | – | – | .268 | (.507) | – | – | -.698 | (.637) |
| Intercept | -.699 | (.181) | -3.01 | (10.67) | -3.513 | (.459)*** | -12.58 | (10.70) |
| Pseudo R-squared | .007 | .135 | .032 | .160 | ||||
| χ2 | 6.59 | 80.51 | 17.93 | 120.28 | ||||
| N of persons | 758 | 758 | – | – | ||||
| N of person-years | – | – | 1810 | 1810 | ||||
+ p < .10 *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001
Note: Standard errors in parentheses; all models include controls for state and year. a Logit model predicting less than a high school education. b Discrete-time logit event history model predicting high school dropout at single age intervals.