Table 6.
Individual, Family, and Peer-Level Determinants of College Enrollment Two-Stage Least Squares and Reduced Form Results with and without School-Level Fixed Effects
| Outcome | College Enrollment | College Enrollment | College Enrollment | College Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Method | 2SLS | 2SLS | OLS | 2SLS |
| Instruments | All Contextual | All Contextual | None | % College Encouragement |
| Fixed Effects | None | School | School | School |
| % College | 0.482*** | 0.544*** | 0.457* | |
| (0.042) | (0.142) | (0.274) | ||
| % College Encouragement | 0.081* | |||
| (0.042) | ||||
| College Encouragement | 0.111*** | 0.105*** | 0.105*** | 0.105*** |
| (0.009) | (0.009) | (0.009) | (0.009) | |
| Male | −0.074*** | −0.074*** | −0.073*** | −0.074*** |
| (0.010) | (0.010) | (0.009) | (0.009) | |
| Age | −0.075*** | −0.077*** | −0.075*** | −0.076*** |
| (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.007) | |
| Black | 0.044*** | 0.050*** | 0.049*** | 0.049*** |
| (0.012) | (0.013) | (0.013) | (0.013) | |
| Hispanic | 0.038** | 0.015 | 0.014 | 0.014 |
| (0.016) | (0.022) | (0.021) | (0.021) | |
| Other Race | 0.060*** | 0.082*** | 0.080*** | 0.080*** |
| (0.023) | (0.019) | (0.019) | (0.019) | |
| PVT Score | 0.096*** | 0.099*** | 0.098*** | 0.099*** |
| (0.008) | (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.007) | |
| Maternal Education | 0.032*** | 0.032*** | 0.032*** | 0.032*** |
| (0.003) | (0.003) | (0.003) | (0.003) | |
| Family Income | 0.001*** | 0.001*** | 0.001*** | 0.001*** |
| (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | (0.000) | |
| Married Household | 0.080*** | 0.076*** | 0.078*** | 0.077*** |
| (0.011) | (0.011) | (0.011) | (0.011) | |
| % Black | −0.123 | −0.066 | ||
| (0.146) | (0.109) | |||
| % Hispanic | 0.074 | 0.056 | ||
| (0.189) | (0.130) | |||
| % Other Race | −0.084 | −0.152 | ||
| (0.172) | (0.121) | |||
| % Married Households | 0.240*** | 0.140 | ||
| (0.089) | (0.092) | |||
| Mean Family Income | 0.001 | 0.000 | ||
| (0.001) | (0.001) | |||
| Mean Maternal Education | −0.010 | −0.027 | ||
| (0.017) | (0.017) | |||
| Observations | 10638 | 10638 | 10,638 | 10638 |
| R-squared | 0.235 | 0.135 | 0.149 | 0.138 |
| Number of Schools | 121 | 121 | 121 | |
| F-stat | 44.948 | 4.780 | 6.087 | |
| J-Stat P-value | 0.0000681 | 0.042 |
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, Number of Older Siblings, Rural Status, Number of students sampled in school.
Note: aggregate variables (e.g. % black) at the school-grade level