Table 5.
Educational Expectations as a Mediator of the Effect of Arrest on Dropout
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DV: School Dropout
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| Coef. | Robust Std. Err. | Coef. | Robust Std. Err. | Coef. | Robust Std. Err. | |
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| Intercept | 5.621 | (0.073) *** | −0.950 | (0.172) *** | 1.535 | (0.634) * |
| Arrested | −0.450 | (0.344) | 2.092 | (0.550) *** | 2.045 | (0.621) *** |
| Propensity of Arrest | −1.215 | (0.696) | 3.998 | (1.531) ** | 3.316 | (1.478) * |
| Educational Expectations (wave 3) | −0.448 | (0.111) *** | ||||
Notes: N = 335. Analyses of educational expectations are limited to the 12-year-old cohort.
p<0.05
p<0.01
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