Table 1.
Mean Differences in Educational Aspirations, Expectations, and Unweighted GPAs of 12th Grade Latino Students in Los Angeles and North Carolina
| Full Sample | NC Rural | NC Urban | LA Urban | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %/mean | (se) | %/mean | (se) | %/mean | (se) | %/mean | (se) | ||
| Educational Aspirations | |||||||||
| Complete <= 2-year college degree | 15% | (0.02) | 25% | (0.04) | 24% | (0.10) | 9% | (0.01) | b |
| Complete a 4-year college degree | 46% | (0.05) | 42% | (0.04) | 38% | (0.08) | 50% | (0.08) | |
| Complete a graduate degree | 39% | (0.05) | 33% | (0.05) | 38% | (0.03) | 41% | (0.09) | |
| Educational Expectations | |||||||||
| Complete <= 2-year college degree | 29% | (0.02) | 52% | (0.04) | 34% | (0.09) | 18% | (0.02) | b |
| Complete a 4-year college degree | 45% | (0.04) | 29% | (0.05) | 42% | (0.08) | 52% | (0.04) | b |
| Complete a graduate degree | 26% | (0.03) | 19% | (0.05) | 24% | (0.08) | 30% | (0.06) | |
| Educational Performance | |||||||||
| Overall Unweighted GPA (4-point scale) | 2.58 | (0.05) | 2.64 | (0.08) | 2.34 | (0.06) | 2.63 | (0.06) | a,c |
| Sample Size | 503 | 106 | 104 | 293 | |||||
Note: Unweighted Ns and %s. Estimates adjusted for clustering and stratification.
a
Mean is different between NC Rural and NC Urban at the 5 percent level.
b
Mean is different between NC Rural and LA Urban at the 5 percent level.
c
Mean is different between NC Urban and LA Urban at the 5 percent level.