Table 4.

Conditional analyses predicting high school dropout from MLDA of 18 at age 17, U.S. Census microdata

Variable	OR	[95% CI]	n
Full sample	1.04	[1.01, 1.08]*	3,671,075
Conditioned on sex
Men	1.03	[0.98, 1.07]	1,809,561
Women	1.05	[1.02, 1.08]***	1,861,514
Conditioned on race/ethnicity
White	1.01	[0.97, 1.06]	2,861,907
Black	1.05	[1.03, 1.08]***	431,002
Hispanic	1.06	[1.03, 1.09]***	378,166

Notes: MLDA = minimum legal drinking age; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; n = 3,671,075, based on the 1990 and 2000 5% census microsamples, restricted to birth years 1960–1969.

^*p < .05;

^***p < .001.