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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am Sociol Rev. 2018 Jul 3;83(4):716–743. doi: 10.1177/0003122418781791

Table 3.

Logit Results, College Enrollment

b(SE) OR
Unconditional
Model 1. Sociodemographic and family controls
Type of exit (reference is aged out)
 Adopted .52 (.17)**ac 1.68
 Reunified −.36 (.07)***bc 0.70
 Other permanency −.07 (.10)ab 0.88
Age at first entry −.06 (.02)*** 0.94
Model 2. Add foster care-specific controls
Type of exit (reference is aged out)
 Adopted .21 (.17)ac 1.23
 Reunified −.40 (.09)***b 0.67
 Other permanency −.36 (.11)**b 0.70
Time in care (reference is <6 months)
 6–18 months −.11 (.07) 0.90
 19–36 months .07 (.09) 1.07
 More than 36 months −.07 (.13) 0.93
Number of placements −.07 (.01)*** 0.93
% time in congregate care −.57 (.08)*** 0.57
% time in kinship care .11 (.09) 1.12
Multiple entries −.05 (.07) 0.95
Age at first entry −.06 (.02)*** 0.94

Conditional on High School Graduation
Model 1. Sociodemographic and family controls
Type of exit (reference is aged out)
 Adopted .37 (.18)*ac 1.45
 Reunified −.16 (.08)*b 0.85
 Other permanency −.01 (.12)b 0.99
Age at first entry −.05 (.02)** 0.95
Model 2. Add foster care-specific controls
Type of exit (reference is aged out)
 Adopted .25 (.19)ac 1.28
 Reunified −.18 (.10)b 0.84
 Other permanency −.19 (.13)b 0.83
Time in care (reference is <6 months)
 6–18 months −.13 (.08) 0.88
 19–36 months −.03 (.11) 0.97
 More than 36 months −.31 (.15)* 0.73
Number of placements .00 (.01) 1.00
% time in congregate care −.37 (.09)*** 0.69
% time in kinship care .16 (.10) 1.17
Multiple entries −.07 (.09) 0.93
Age at first entry −.05 (.02)** 0.95

Note: Log odds coefficients with standard errors in parentheses. OR=Odds ratios. All models include county fixed effects.

a.

Different from Reunified at p<.05

b.

Different from Adopted at p<.05;

c.

Different from Other permanency at p<.05.

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<.001