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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2018 Jun;55(3):1033–1068. doi: 10.1007/s13524-018-0666-7

Table 5.

Wealth gaps in education: Rates and 95 % confidence intervals (CI)

High School Graduation College Attendance College Degree College Degree | Attendance

Rate 95 % CI Rate 95 % CI Rate 95 % CI Rate 95 % CI
Net Worth Quintile
 Lowest 0.7283 (0.6947, 0.7620) 0.2138 (0.1805, 0.2471) 0.0912 (0.0667, 0.1157) 0.2144 (0.1603, 0.2685)
 2nd 0.7836 (0.7508, 0.8165) 0.3009 (0.2660, 0.3359) 0.1411 (0.1122, 0.1701) 0.2839 (0.2316, 0.3363)
 3rd 0.8598 (0.8319, 0.8876) 0.3867 (0.3486, 0.4247) 0.2235 (0.1892, 0.2578) 0.3574 (0.3077, 0.4072)
 4th 0.8923 (0.8682, 0.9165) 0.4887 (0.4494, 0.5280) 0.3643 (0.3246, 0.4039) 0.4808 (0.4334, 0.5282)
 Highest 0.9113 (0.8887, 0.9338) 0.5352 (0.4956, 0.5748) 0.5372 (0.4948 0.5796) 0.6408 (0.5960 0.6856)
Home Value Quintile
 Lowest 0.7479 (0.7199, 0.7759) 0.2644 (0.2349, 0.2939) 0.1210 (0.0978, 0.1442) 0.2532 (0.2083, 0.2980)
 2nd 0.7840 (0.7395, 0.8286) 0.2394 (0.1946, 0.2842) 0.0805 (0.0503, 0.1107) 0.1987 (0.1293, 0.2680)
 3rd 0.8623 (0.8362, 0.8884) 0.3750 (0.3381, 0.4118) 0.2103 (0.1776, 0.2430) 0.3439 (0.2955, 0.3923)
 4th 0.9004 (0.8769, 0.9239) 0.4783 (0.4394, 0.5172) 0.3861 (0.3456, 0.4266) 0.5021 (0.4550, 0.5493)
 Highest 0.8993 (0.8754, 0.9233) 0.5605 (0.5206, 0.6003) 0.5505 (0.5080, 0.5929) 0.6436 (0.5990, 0.6883)
Home Equity Quintile
 Lowest 0.7561 (0.7297, 0.7825) 0.2728 (0.2444, 0.3012) 0.1275 (0.1050, 0.1499) 0.2620 (0.2194, 0.3046)
 2nd 0.8383 (0.7943, 0.8824) 0.3135 (0.2558, 0.3712) 0.1654 (0.1157, 0.2151) 0.3379 (0.2484, 0.4274)
 3rd 0.8464 (0.8183, 0.8744) 0.3765 (0.3394, 0.4135) 0.2122 (0.1793, 0.2451) 0.3460 (0.2976, 0.3944)
 4th 0.8915 (0.8673, 0.9157) 0.4514 (0.4132, 0.4895) 0.3592 (0.3200, 0.3985) 0.4915 (0.4438, 0.5391)
 Highest 0.8937 (0.8688, 0.9186) 0.5375 (0.4971, 0.5780) 0.5203 (0.4773, 0.5633) 0.6271 (0.5810, 0.6732)
Financial Assets Quintile
 Lowest 0.7094 (0.6745, 0.7444) 0.1901 (0.1599, 0.2203) 0.0726 (0.0517, 0.0934) 0.2037 (0.1490, 0.2584)
 2nd 0.7875 (0.7553, 0.8196) 0.3129 (0.2773, 0.3484) 0.1447 (0.1153, 0.1742) 0.2722 (0.2215, 0.3229)
 3rd 0.8618 (0.8349, 0.8887) 0.3957 (0.3567, 0.4347) 0.2597 (0.2225, 0.2968) 0.3655 (0.3168, 0.4142)
 4th 0.9132 (0.8910, 0.9355) 0.5058 (0.4664, 0.5452) 0.3820 (0.3416, 0.4225) 0.5064 (0.4587 0.5541)
 Highest 0.9080 (0.8855, 0.9304) 0.5258 (0.4865, 0.5651) 0.5085 (0.4664, 0.5507) 0.6270 (0.5814, 0.6726)