Table C1.
Selection into Higher Education
| m1: Logistic Model Predicting Enrollment (baseline: no college) | m2: Multinomial Logistic Model Predicting Highest Level of Educational Attainment (baseline: no college) | m2: Multinomial Logistic Model Predicting Major Field of Study among Those Enrolled (baseline: STEM) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment | Bachelor’s Degree | Graduate Studies | HASS | Business/Agric. | Education | |||||||
| Variables | Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE | Coef. | SE |
| Parent Income | .612*** | (.099) | .373*** | (.085) | .615*** | (.108) | −.101 | (.100) | .084 | (.109) | −.212 | (.195) |
| Parent Education | .776*** | (.176) | −.070 | (.222) | .192 | (.332) | .396 | (.287) | .091 | (.325) | .296 | (.625) |
| Household Size | −.157* | (.073) | −.078 | (.079) | −.316** | (.110) | .108 | (.094) | .183 | (.106) | .059 | (.163) |
| Parent Immigrant | 1.002** | (.353) | .289 | (.261) | .227 | (.322) | .129 | (.323) | .117 | (.339) | −.823 | (.619) |
| Black | .699* | (.343) | .230 | (.327) | .144 | (.420) | .201 | (.444) | .047 | (.471) | −1.291* | (.626) |
| Hispanic | −.210 | (.281) | −.832** | (.304) | −.233 | (.348) | −.445 | (.333) | −.651 | (.382) | −.373 | (.656) |
| Asian | 1.425 | (1.160) | .353 | (.686) | 1.572* | (.645) | −.206 | (.581) | −.430 | (.748) | −13.317*** | (.622) |
| Mainline Protestant | .078 | (.317) | .368 | (.299) | .408 | (.395) | −.689 | (.356) | −.215 | (.412) | .232 | (.892) |
| Catholic | .529 | (.286) | .279 | (.269) | .324 | (.355) | −.722* | (.327) | −.198 | (.381) | .381 | (.824) |
| Evangelical Protestant | −.426 | (.283) | −.368 | (.300) | −.566 | (.409) | −1.023** | (.378) | −.804 | (.434) | −.184 | (.841) |
| African American Protestant | −.500 | (.441) | −.962* | (.462) | −1.066 | (.642) | −1.613** | (.614) | −1.133 | (.654) | −.060 | (1.048) |
| Jewish | −.662 | (.640) | 1.261 | (.714) | 1.377 | (.775) | −.001 | (.680) | .607 | (.733) | .555 | (1.366) |
| Mormon | .115 | (.544) | −.518 | (.492) | −.855 | (.703) | −.867 | (.682) | −.498 | (.697) | .600 | (1.099) |
| Other Religion | −.603 | (.460) | −.408 | (.420) | −.155 | (.579) | −.601 | (.514) | −.854 | (.761) | −12.933*** | (.893) |
| Indeterminate Religious Tradition | .352 | (.556) | .308 | (.564) | .078 | (.782) | .754 | (1.162) | 1.937 | (1.192) | −11.934*** | (1.294) |
| Parent Conservative | .164 | (.178) | .250 | (.167) | .371 | (.209) | −.294 | (.202) | −.263 | (.223) | −.400 | (.388) |
| Parent Liberal | .089 | (.207) | .140 | (.201) | .209 | (.262) | −.092 | (.232) | −.339 | (.265) | .490 | (.454) |
| Female | .506** | (.156) | −.107 | (.147) | .139 | (.185) | .418* | (.175) | −.030 | (.188) | 1.234*** | (.353) |
| Higher Education Important for Parents | .180* | (.072) | .092 | (.082) | .232* | (.119) | −.034 | (.098) | .118 | (.116) | −.125 | (.183) |
| College Aspirations | .671** | (.221) | .717* | (.325) | 1.251* | (.602) | −.684 | (.487) | −.744 | (.538) | −.983 | (.879) |
| Grades in High school | .605*** | (.078) | .790*** | (.092) | 1.216*** | (.125) | −.237* | (.107) | −.242* | (.112) | .307 | (.214) |
| Popularity at School | −.075 | (.078) | −.105 | (.080) | −.082 | (.090) | .008 | (.088) | .189 | (.103) | .229 | (.175) |
| Feelings of Meaninglessness | .031 | (.072) | −.149 | (.079) | −.190* | (.096) | −.085 | (.092) | −.375*** | (.102) | .045 | (.193) |
| Conformity | −.138 | (.075) | .117 | (.077) | −.002 | (.092) | −.085 | (.092) | .115 | (.105) | .067 | (.193) |
| Social Concern | .036 | (.078) | .103 | (.079) | .027 | (.097) | .228* | (.097) | .033 | (.098) | −.407* | (.180) |
| Against Premarital Sex | −.109 | (.085) | .014 | (.084) | −.119 | (.104) | −.081 | (.099) | −.066 | (.103) | −.049 | (.190) |
| Religiosity | .092 | (.103) | .042 | (.102) | .254 | (.130) | .262* | (.117) | .308* | (.123) | .750*** | (.225) |
| Moral Relativism | −.216 | (.153) | .019 | (.151) | −.220 | (.188) | −.114 | (.182) | .030 | (.194) | −.007 | (.339) |
| Ever Suspended in High School | −.434* | (.188) | −.776** | (.262) | −.259 | (.334) | −.520 | (.302) | −.283 | (.334) | −1.702 | (1.078) |
| Changed High School | −.493** | (.150) | −.439** | (.149) | −.451* | (.192) | −.215 | (.179) | −.107 | (.196) | −.387 | (.345) |
| Parent Homeowner | .363* | (.178) | .264 | (.214) | .216 | (.293) | −.238 | (.265) | −.682* | (.283) | .257 | (.543) |
| Constant | .196 | (.409) | −.866 | (.489) | −2.815*** | (.785) | 1.825** | (.706) | 1.914* | (.774) | −1.766 | (1.404) |
| n = 1,610 | n = 1,279 | n = 952 | ||||||||||
*
p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001 (two-tailed tests).