TABLE 5.

Linear regression estimates for mental health and well‐being outcomes for graduate school aspirants

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	Mental health score		Life satisfaction score
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Personal resilience
No worry for self	−0.356	−0.652***	−0.189	0.454***
	(0.430)	(0.183)	(0.435)	(0.170)
Family health risk	1.979***	0.612***	−0.572	−0.090
	(0.460)	(0.206)	(0.401)	(0.187)
Food insecure	0.318	0.567**	−1.004	−0.743***
	(0.519)	(0.243)	(0.554)	(0.223)
Housing insecure	−1.314***	1.035***	0.097	−1.376***
	(0.650)	(0.352)	(0.673)	(0.281)
Environmental resilience
Felt connected	−1.530***	−1.485***	0.061	0.674***
	(0.485)	(0.205)	(0.379)	(0.173)
Experienced discrimination	0.621**	0.209*	−0.728***	−0.271**
	(0.278)	(0.121)	(0.244)	(0.118)
Online learning experience	−1.112**	−0.980***	0.801**	0.497**
	(0.502)	(0.191)	(0.395)	(0.169)
Liberal leaning	0.178	1.869***	−2.789***	−0.802*
	(1.022)	(0.466)	(1.005)	(0.412)
Demographic characteristics
Race—white	1.441	−0.937	−1.451	1.685**
	(1.708)	(0.806)	(1.646)	(0.726)
Race—black	0.861	−3.387**	−2.470	1.428
	(2.648)	(1.410)	(4.261)	(1.251)
Race—Asian	−1.359	−1.635*	−2.448	1.516*
	(1.786)	(0.903)	(1.963)	(0.780)
Race—American Indian	2.086	1.787	3.374*	1.640*
	(2.395)	(1.400)	(1.828)	(1.027)
Age	0.218	0.023	0.047	0.079
	(0.178)	(0.094)	(0.117)	(0.090)
Hispanic	−0.894	−0.448	−1.911	1.281**
	(1.634)	(0.6760	(1.674)	(0.600)
Living with small children	−0.767	−0.085	−1.274	−0.583
	(1.943)	(0.073)	(1.219)	(0.891)
Parental household income	0.176	−0.085	0.160	0.167**
	(0.158)	(0.073)	(0.150)	(0.068)
Marital status—single	−0.078	−0.306	−1.131	1.367
	(1.355)	(0.745)	(0.973)	(0.880)
International student	0.047	−0.975	−1.924	−3.661***
	(1.792)	(1.026)	(1.893)	(0.945)
Constant	−2.075	9.627**	3.719	3.866
	(7.668)	(3.925)	(6.651)	(3.935)
n	127	642	129	645
R 2	0.514	0.374	0.26	0.45
F‐stat	6.09	17.97	13.50	4.08

Note: Standard errors are reported in parentheses and are corrected for heteroskedasticity. The coefficients reported are from an ordered probit regression estimation. We control for university fixed level in the estimation.

^*** p < 0.01,

^** p < 0.05,

^* p < 0.1.