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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Cap. 2015 Summer;9(2):198–238. doi: 10.1086/681957

TABLE A2.

Other GPA and Schooling Differences between White and Minority Children

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(2)
(3)
(4)
OGPA SGPA FINCOL OGPA SGPA FINCOL OGPA SGPA FINCOL OGPA SGPA FINCOL
A. Boys
Black —.421** −.614** −.358** −.074 −.148 .131 −.011 −.067 .405 .056 −.038 .249
(.042) (.059) (.107) (.085) (.126) (.209) (.082) (.122) (.254) (.083) (.111) (.286)
Hispanic −.216** −.326** — 424** −.038 −.005 −.093 −.019 .032 .285 .049 .041 .288
(.045) (.060) (.096) (.073) (.093) (.144) (.073) (.090) (.181) (.073) (.087) (.205)
Black mom −.279** −.340** −.532** −.324** −.426** −.675** −.230** −.311** −.563**
(.090) (.132) (.221) (.090) (.135) (.272) (.092) (.125) (.319)
Hispanic mom −.085 −.177* — 411** −.125 —.214** −.271 −.139 −.190** −.255
(.077) (.100) (.156) (.078) (.099) (.188) (.075) (.092) (.209)

B. Girls
Black −.459** −.528** −.252** −.147 −.200 −.042 −.040 −.213 −.057 −.12 −.263 −.107
(.033) (.044) (.109) (.136) (.213) (.193) (.167) (.214) (.255) (.126) (.199) (.302)
Hispanic −.323** — 424** −.377** —.174** −.250** −.334** −.142 — 244** −.137 −.151** −.270** −.290
(.042) (.055) (.091) (.068) (.115) (.142) (.093) (.113) (.135) (.063) (.108) (.173)
Black mom −.231* −.208 −.219 −.553** −.151 .203 −.036 .043 .121
(.139) (.216) (.199) (.172) (.218) (.260) (.127) (.200) (.307)
Hispanic mom −.041 −.008 −.051 −.446** −.003 .312** .051 .054 .341**
(.076) (.125) (.159) (.104) (.126) (.145) (.073) (.127) (.171)
Mother’s characteristics No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Father’s characteristics No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
School fixed effects No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes

Note.—Dependent variables are as follows: OGPA: demeaned overall GPA; SGPA: demeaned course-level science GPA; and FINCOL: indicator of college completion by wave IV. All regressions include child age; GPA regressions include course-by-year fixed effects for math. White and white mom are omitted. Mother’s characteristics include income, on welfare, single parent, mother’s age, mother’s education, and biological mother. Biological father’s characteristics are indicators for child knows anything about, child lives with, child ever lived with, child speaks to weekly, high school diploma, some college, college degree, no child support requirement, missing race, missing education, and monthly child support payment. Missing indicators are used for all nonrace variables.

*

Significant at the 10 percent level.

**

Significant at the 5 percent level.