Table 3.
Choice of Science-Math Test | ||||||||
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2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2004-11 | |
Panel A. Girls | ||||||||
All-girls schools (vs. coed) | −0.003 (0.054) | 0.004 (0.070) | 0.007 (0.070) | 0.000 (0.062) | −0.031 (0.070) | −0.013 (0.070) | 0.028 (0.061) | −0.005 (0.049) |
Private schools (vs. public) | 0.048 (0.061) | 0.074 (0.074) | 0.077 (0.068) | 0.050 (0.065) | 0.045 (0.069) | 0.044 (0.060) | 0.033 (0.056) | 0.051 (0.048) |
Constant | −1.486 *** (0.080) | −1.642 *** (0.109) | −1.808 *** (0.101) | −1.707 *** (0.085) | −1.766 *** (0.087) | −1.734 *** (0.091) | −1.634 *** (0.095) | −1.441 *** (0.072) |
N | 38,711 | 38,547 | 38,798 | 37,497 | 43,335 | 42,542 | 40,644 | 280,074 |
Panel B. Boys | ||||||||
All-boys schools (vs. coed) | 0.036 (0.057) | 0.073 (0.058) | 0.118 * (0.064) | 0.083 (0.052) | 0.042 (0.052) | 0.145 ** (0.059) | 0.084 (0.055) | 0.081 * (0.042) |
Private schools (vs. public) | −0.003 (0.057) | 0.080 (0.062) | −0.012 (0.064) | −0.001 (0.052) | 0.124 ** (0.050) | 0.028 (0.058) | 0.033 (0.051) | 0.035 (0.044) |
Constant | −0.676 *** (0.095) | −0.889 *** (0.089) | −0.970 *** (0.114) | −0.761 *** (0.069) | −0.849 *** (0.078) | −0.799 *** (0.085) | −0.707 *** (0.091) | −0.583 *** (0.075) |
N | 43,801 | 42,189 | 42,561 | 41,085 | 47,639 | 47,629 | 47,090 | 311,994 |
Note : We control for dummy variables for school districts and cohorts but not reported here.
significant at 10%
significant at 5%
significant at 1%.