Table D2.
Linear Regressions of Moral Concern on Educational Attainment and Fields of Study
| Moral Concern | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | For Others | For Social Order | ||
| Education Attained (ref. cat.: no educ. beyond HS) | ||||
| Some College | .009 | (.071) | −.067 | (.062) |
| Bachelor’s Degree | −.093 | (.101) | −.140 | (.094) |
| Graduate Studies | .019 | (.111) | −.215* | (.105) |
| Major Field of Study (ref. cat.: no educ. beyond HS) | ||||
| Humanities/Arts/Social Science | .072 | (.065) | −.203** | (.071) |
| STEM | −.016 | (.068) | −.073 | (.072) |
| Business/Agriculture | .026 | (.075) | .132 | (.076) |
| Education | .177 | (.124) | .341* | (.136) |
| Parent Income | −.056* | (.027) | −.085** | (.027) |
| Parent Education | .147* | (.063) | −.025 | (.058) |
| Household Size | −.025 | (.023) | −.002 | (.022) |
| Parent Immigrant | .225* | (.090) | .106 | (.087) |
| Black | .013 | (.107) | .096 | (.097) |
| Hispanic | .118 | (.091) | .038 | (.087) |
| Asian | −.305 | (.187) | −.292 | (.176) |
| Mainline Protestant | −.011 | (.091) | .216* | (.089) |
| Catholic | −.081 | (.084) | .177* | (.077) |
| Evangelical Protestant | −.135 | (.089) | .214* | (.085) |
| African American Protestant | −.038 | (.141) | .100 | (.128) |
| Jewish | −.075 | (.171) | .116 | (.158) |
| Mormon | −.041 | (.151) | .444** | (.144) |
| Other Religion | .008 | (.145) | −.115 | (.148) |
| Indeterminate Religious Tradition | .134 | (.160) | .274 | (.149) |
| Parent Conservative | −.100 | (.052) | .049 | (.049) |
| Parent Liberal | .132* | (.059) | −.068 | (.059) |
| Female | .193*** | (.047) | .106* | (.043) |
| Higher Education Important for Parents | .026 | (.024) | .010 | (.022) |
| College Aspirations | −.004 | (.083) | −.112 | (.072) |
| Grades in High school | −.026 | (.029) | −.045 | (.026) |
| Popularity at School | .010 | (.024) | .128*** | (.023) |
| Feelings of Meaninglessness | −.031 | (.023) | −.055* | (.021) |
| Conformity | −.009 | (.024) | .073*** | (.022) |
| Social Concern | .126*** | (.024) | −.019 | (.022) |
| Against Premarital Sex | .064* | (.025) | .075** | (.025) |
| Religiosity | .004 | (.031) | .166*** | (.029) |
| Moral Relativism | .032 | (.046) | .001 | (.044) |
| Ever Suspended in High School | −.164* | (.066) | −.045 | (.060) |
| Changed High School | .043 | (.046) | .000 | (.043) |
| Parent Homeowner | .120 | (.064) | .126* | (.060) |
| Constant | −.268 | (.138) | −.094 | (.126) |
Note: N = 2,012.
*
p < .05; **p < .01; ***p < .001 (two-tailed tests).