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. 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 .946 .976 1.015 1.025 1.013
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .988 .983 .984 1.015 1.035
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary .998 .995 .989 .987 1.054
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary .999 .998 .994 .978 1.058
  None to Postsecondary .911 .932 .976 1.054 1.125
 Transmission + Fertility
  None to Elementary .946 .977 1.015 1.025 1.014
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .990 .984 .984 1.014 1.038
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.004 1.001 .993 .984 1.039
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.007 1.006 1.003 .985 1.011
  None to Postsecondary .926 .946 .985 1.044 1.106
 Transmission + Marriage (unconstrained)
  None to Elementary .929 .961 1.013 1.042 1.028
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .983 .973 .966 1.014 1.088
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary .997 .993 .981 .969 1.108
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary .999 .998 .993 .968 1.082
  None to Postsecondary .907 .924 .953 .993 1.305
 Transmission + Fertility + Marriage (unconstrained)
  None to Elementary .928 .961 1.013 1.043 1.030
  Elementary to Junior Secondary .985 .975 .967 1.012 1.095
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.004 1.000 .988 .969 1.086
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.008 1.006 1.002 .979 1.025
  None to Postsecondary .924 .940 .969 1.003 1.238
 Transmission + Marriage (constrained)
  None to Elementary .979 .971 .999 1.030 1.023
  Elementary to Junior Secondary 1.039 .987 .953 .997 1.078
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.024 1.004 .980 .959 1.089
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.013 1.005 .995 .966 1.059
  None to Postsecondary 1.000 .968 .954 .962 1.217
 Transmission + Fertility + Marriage (constrained)
  None to Elementary .977 .970 .999 1.031 1.026
  Elementary to Junior Secondary 1.039 .988 .954 .996 1.085
  Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary 1.031 1.011 .986 .960 1.066
  Senior Secondary to Postsecondary 1.021 1.013 1.004 .977 1.001
  None to Postsecondary 1.015 .983 .969 .971 1.151

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