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Table 1 Covariates and mean values by ethnic group

From: Ethnic disparities in higher education

 

Dutch

Mediterr.

Caribbean

ONW

Western

Woman

0.51

0.45

0.55

0.50

0.52

Age

19.17

20.13

19.93

19.96

19.56

Second generation

 

0.79

0.65

0.65

0.87

Study

     

WO-starter

0.26

0.18

0.22

0.34

0.33

HBO to WO switch

0.10

0.12

0.13

0.11

0.09

Duration of study in months

60.83

64.20

65.92

67.49

65.41

Graduated up to 2005

0.78

0.61

0.60

0.66

0.69

Preliminary training

     

HAVO (reference)

0.34

0.34

0.36

0.31

0.30

VWO

0.39

0.21

0.31

0.34

0.39

MBO

0.23

0.30

0.23

0.13

0.16

Other

0.01

0.06

0.03

0.15

0.09

Subject of study

     

Social Sciences (reference)

0.06

0.03

0.05

0.06

0.08

Education

0.14

0.11

0.09

0.07

0.11

Humanities

0.06

0.02

0.04

0.09

0.11

Economics & Law

0.27

0.45

0.41

0.39

0.28

Natural Sciences

0.21

0.15

0.19

0.21

0.19

Health & Social services

0.39

0.26

0.32

0.35

0.35

Parents demography in 1999

     

# kids living with mother

1.27

1.92

0.98

1.24

1.00

Father and Mother together

0.84

0.79

0.41

0.58

0.66

Mother widowed

0.03

0.05

0.02

0.04

0.03

Parents’ economic position in 1999

     

Log Father income

7.35

6.22

4.26

4.89

6.01

Log Mother income

4.43

3.79

4.53

3.89

4.39

Mother employed (reference)

0.55

0.14

0.45

0.35

0.49

Mother welfare benefit

0.04

0.33

0.14

0.16

0.08

Mother other benefit

0.04

0.11

0.04

0.06

0.06

Mother housewife

0.33

0.35

0.11

0.22

0.26

No mother

0.03

0.07

0.26

0.20

0.11

Father employed (reference)

0.81

0.28

0.42

0.44

0.60

Father welfare benefit

0.05

0.44

0.10

0.13

0.07

Father other benefit

0.08

0.16

0.06

0.12

0.13

No- father

0.05

0.12

0.42

0.30

0.20

N

65418

1660

2431

1615

5902