Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2006 Aug;71(4):5542–564. doi: 10.1177/000312240607100402
None Elem Jr Sec Sr Sec Post Sec
Simulation
 Transmission Only
  None to Elementary .947 .985 1.023 1.024 1.011
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .988 .982 .992 1.026 1.033
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary .998 .994 .985 .993 1.064
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary .999 .997 .991 .971 1.092
  None to Postsecondary .912 .941 .999 1.081 1.122
  Transmission + Fertility
  None to Elementary .948 .986 1.023 1.024 1.012
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .990 .984 .991 1.024 1.037
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.004 1.000 .989 .987 1.049
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.007 1.005 .999 .976 1.033
  None to Postsecondary .927 .954 1.003 1.064 1.106
Transmission + Marriage (unconstrained)
  None to Elementary .931 .972 1.029 1.044 1.024
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .982 .971 .973 1.037 1.087
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary .996 .990 .974 .976 1.136
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary .999 .997 .988 .956 1.134
  None to Postsecondary .908 .930 .964 1.013 1.381
  Transmission + Fertility + Marriage (unconstrained)
  None to Elementary .930 .972 1.029 1.045 1.026
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .985 .972 .973 1.035 1.096
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.004 .997 .980 .972 1.114
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.008 1.006 .998 .966 1.059
  None to Postsecondary .924 .946 .980 1.019 1.300
 Transmission + Marriage (constrained)
  None to Elementary .978 .976 1.014 1.033 1.020
  Elementary to Junior Secondary 1.035 .978 .957 1.021 1.079
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.023 .999 .969 .965 1.115
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.012 1.003 .990 .952 1.108
  None to Postsecondary .997 .963 .953 .974 1.282
 Transmission + Fertility + Marriage (constrained)
  None to Elementary .975 .975 1.015 1.035 1.023
  Elementary to Junior Secondary 1.035 .979 .958 1.020 1.088
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.030 1.006 .975 .960 1.093
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.021 1.011 .999 .961 1.032
  None to Postsecondary 1.011 .979 .967 .978 1.202

Note: Elem = elementary; Jr Sec = junior secondary; Sr Sec = senior secondary; Post Sec = postsecondary.