Table 3.

Individual, Family, and Peer-Level Determinants of College Enrollment Results by Race

Outcome	College Enrollment	College Enrollment	College Enrollment
Sample	White	Black	Hispanic
Method	OLS	OLS	OLS
Fixed Effects	None	None	None
College Encouragement	0.120***	0.061***	0.108***
	(0.014)	(0.016)	(0.023)
Male	−0.077***	−0.084***	−0.075***
	(0.013)	(0.019)	(0.021)
Age	−0.083***	−0.091***	−0.079***
	(0.010)	(0.013)	(0.021)
Older Siblings	0.014	0.016	−0.006
	(0.011)	(0.020)	(0.021)
PVT Score	0.114***	0.085***	0.104***
	(0.009)	(0.011)	(0.020)
Maternal Education	0.040***	0.037***	0.019***
	(0.003)	(0.005)	(0.007)
Family Income	0.001***	0.000	0.001
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.001)
Married Household	0.086***	0.072***	0.047
	(0.015)	(0.021)	(0.032)
% Black	0.008	0.102	0.190*
	(0.062)	(0.071)	(0.105)
% Hispanic	0.219***	0.144	0.318***
	(0.068)	(0.114)	(0.080)
% Other Race	−0.169	0.334*	0.012
	(0.135)	(0.182)	(0.134)
% Married Households	0.352***	0.540***	0.271
	(0.094)	(0.138)	(0.214)
Mean Family Income	0.002*	−0.000	0.002
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.002)
Mean Maternal Education	0.023	0.076***	0.049
	(0.018)	(0.025)	(0.032)
Number Sampled in Grade	−0.016**	−0.040***	−0.016
	(0.007)	(0.010)	(0.010)
Constant	0.746**	0.338	0.618
	(0.318)	(0.379)	(0.612)
Observations	5909	2344	1649
R-squared	0.235	0.259	0.165

Robust standard errors clustered at the school-grade level,

^***1%,

^**5%,

^*10%.

Additional Controls: Grade dummies, Constant, Dummy for Missing Parent Information,

Number of Siblings, Rural Status

Note: aggregate variables (e.g. % black) at the school-grade level