Odds Ratio (N=548) Results by Models of BA Degree Attainment

Explanatory variables	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
CPC program participation
CPC preschool participation	.808	.771	.795	.835	.820
CPC school-age participation	1.645	1.360	1.310	1.337	1.411
Sociodemographic factors:
Black	.484	.559	.548	.625	.643
Female	1.234	.833	.777	.809	.827
Eligible for free school lunch age 8	.608	.634	.721	.756	.698
Mother did not complete high school age 8	.735	.931	1.01	1.071	1.083
Single parent status age 8	.629	.679	.747	.694	.734
Four or more children in household age 8	.937	.783	.782	.754	.795
Mother less than 18 years at child’s birth	1.465	1.245	1.17	1.098	1.133
TANF or AFDC participation age 8	.608	.865	.850	.835	.939
Mother unemployed age 8	1.326	1.249	1.396	1.356	1.293
Any child welfare history by age 4	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
If missing five or more variables	.857	1.081	2.275	3.134	2.968
School adjustment and family functioning:
Word analysis (age 6)		.998	.997	.993	.995
Classroom adjustment (ages 7–12)		1.157**	1.148**	1.106*	1.087
Perceived cognitive competence (ages 9–12)		1.279	1.235	1.150	1.186
Troublemaking behavior (ages 9–12)		.595*	.623*	.626*	.646
Parent involvement (ages 7–12)		1.040	.980	.984	.969
Commitment to education:
Parent expectations for child’s education (years)			1.279*	1.253*	1.227
Student expected to go to college			2.086	1.867	1.724
Days of absence from school by age 12			.976	.977	.982
School- based functioning:
Grade retention (ever; ages 7–14)				.981	1.147
Number of school move (ages 10–14):				.892	.930
Ever enrolled in magnet schools (ages 10–14)				.679	.722
ITBS reading scores (age 14)				1.023**	1.023*
Life event:
Graduation by age 19					11.12**
−2 log likelihood	411.38	373.17	363.80	358.03	346.45
Cox and Snell R Square 2	.040	.105	.120	.129	.147
Observed rate	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5
Percent correct for those coded 1	0	1.4	4.1	9.5	12.2
Overall percent correct	86.5	85.8	85.4	86.1	86.3

Note. The rest is odds ratio.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01.