Table 3.
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Men
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Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |||||
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b | t-ratio | b | t-ratio | b | t-ratio | b | t-ratio | |
Occupational Ambitions (Age 16) | ||||||||
Uncertain (vs. Professional job) | −.041 | −3.04** | −.025 | −2.09* | −.046 | −2.92** | −.046 | −3.08** |
Multiple Occupations | −.043 | −1.74 | −.037 | −1.53 | −.086 | −1.99* | −.068 | −1.65 |
Non-Professional Job | −.042 | −4.01*** | −.028 | −2.87** | −.002 | −.17 | −.002 | −.18 |
Not to Work | −.072 | −2.99** | −.047 | −2.28* | −.067 | −1.31 | −.058 | −1.07 |
Refusal | −.004 | −.06 | −.021 | −.67 | .000 | .01 | .006 | .28 |
Background Factors (age 14) | ||||||||
Parent(s) Education | −.001 | −.13 | −.006 | −1.75 | −.005 | −.89 | −.009 | −1.62 |
Family Income | .015 | 6.28*** | .011 | 5.61*** | .015 | 5.22*** | .014 | 5.31*** |
Parent(s) Educational Expectations | .006 | 3.30*** | .003 | 1.78 | .002 | .99 | .000 | .12 |
Black (vs. white) | .003 | .17 | .010 | .57 | −.061 | −2.94** | −.047 | −2.63** |
Hispanic | .031 | 2.13* | .050 | 3.85*** | −.020 | −1.04 | −.005 | −.27 |
Asian | .036 | 1.88 | .039 | 2.23* | .033 | 2.00* | .035 | 2.15* |
American Indian | −.050 | −1.52 | −.024 | −1.03 | −.024 | −.63 | −.001 | −.04 |
Single Parent (vs. 2-parent) | −.009 | −.79 | .004 | .44 | .010 | .89 | .018 | 1.66 |
Academic Behaviors (age 16) | ||||||||
Academic Ability | .039 | 4.67*** | .016 | 2.11* | .012 | 1.81 | .002 | .39 |
Teacher-rated effort | .001 | .45 | −.006 | −2.62** | .005 | 1.73 | .000 | .15 |
Educational Attainment (age 26) | ||||||||
< High School (vs. high school/GED) | −.063 | −2.94** | −.055 | −1.71 | ||||
Some College | .027 | 2.02* | −.013 | −1.08 | ||||
Vocational/Technical | .034 | 2.22* | −.021 | −.99 | ||||
Associates | .024 | 1.15 | .009 | .53 | ||||
Baccalaureate | .112 | 8.18*** | .048 | 3.25** | ||||
Masters, Ph.D., or Professional | .193 | 9.53*** | .135 | 5.71*** | ||||
Current Student Status | −.019 | −2.06* | −.044 | −3.60*** | ||||
Work Experience and Current Job Hours (age 26) | ||||||||
Employed 6+mo. in past 2yrs (vs. < 6 mo.) | .051 | 3.09** | .072 | 3.99*** | ||||
Employed 50+wks in past yr (vs. < 50 wks.) | .069 | 8.44*** | .042 | 3.90*** | ||||
Part-time hrs in current job (vs. full-time) | .017 | 1.50 | .017 | .67 | ||||
Professional job (vs. non-professional) | .069 | 5.02*** | .077 | 5.13*** | ||||
Family Roles (age 26) | ||||||||
Reside in parental home (vs. not w/parents) | −.031 | −2.69** | −.060 | −3.24** | ||||
Married (vs. Single) | .006 | .77 | .018 | 1.58 | ||||
Cohabiting | −.019 | −.48 | .004 | .15 | ||||
Separated, Divorced, or Widowed | .042 | 2.31* | −.006 | −.25 | ||||
One Child (vs. none) | −.024 | −1.94 | −.005 | −.37 | ||||
Two Children | −.029 | −2.05* | −.008 | −.48 | ||||
Three or more children | −.062 | −3.31*** | .006 | .17 | ||||
Intercept | .880 | .798 | .994 | .908 | ||||
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Sample Size | 4,515 | 4,352 | ||||||
R2 (ranging across the five datasets) | .138 to .146 | .249 to .255 | .071 to .077 | .139 to .143 |
Note.
p < .05,
p < .01,
p < .001