Table 5. The Impact of CP Switching on Educational Attainment and Adult Earnings.

	Females							Males						Females				Males
	Some College (vs. None)		4-Yr. Deg. (vs. None)		Some College (vs. None)	4-Yr. Deg. (vs. None)		Some College (vs. None)	4-Yr. Deg. (vs. None)		Some College (vs. None)	4-Yr. Deg. (vs. None)		Adult Earnings
Variables	Model 1				Model 2			Model 1			Mode1 2			Model 1		Model 2		Model 1		Model 2
Conservative Protestant Status (reference: stayed CP)
Switched to Mainline	1.056 (0.236)		0.937 (0.236)		0.984 (0.254)	1.162 (0.367)		1.369 (0.375)	1.539 (0.472)		1.343 (0.371)	1.537 (0.518)		-0.086 (0.104)		0 101 (0.098)		0.099 (0.069)		0.184 (0.069)	*
Switched to Secular	1.228 (0.413)		0.921 (0.350)		1.225 (0.484)	1.052 (0.520)		1.627 (0.605)	1.905 (0.822)		1.725 (0.667)	2.386 (1.192)		-0.053 (0.110)		0.129 (0.101)		-0.255 (0.138)		-0.122 (0.153)
Constant	50.108 (93.546)	*	67.22 (136.389)	*	2.479 (5.176)	0.000 (0.000)	**	10.004 (16.488)	4.737 (9.249)		0.238 (0.502)	0.000 (0.000)	***	9.578 (0.678)	***	5.837 (0.806)	***	9.905 (0.529)	***	8.666 (0.798)	***
Observations				1090						940					930				980

Notes: Model 2 controls for age, ethnicity, parental education and income, family structure, number of siblings, frequency of church attendance, high school GPA, desire to attend college, chance of getting married by age 25 virginity pledge, belief in biblical inerrancy, rural residence, residence in the South, and residential mobility between waves. Model 2 for adult earnings also controls for selection into sample of workers, college student status, number of kids, relationship status, # of hours worked per week, number of current jobs, and whether current job is new. Standard errors in parentheses.

^***p<0.001,

^**p<0.01,

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