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Table 2 Estimates of the conditional probability of completing a degree in HBO and WO: the estimated coefficients are given in accelerated failure time metric (standard errors in parentheses)

From: Ethnic disparities in higher education

 

HBO

HBO extended

WO

WO extended

Mediterrenean

0.141***

0.129***

0.094***

0.096***

 

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.026)

(0.027)

Caribbean

0.153***

0.128***

0.130***

0.118***

 

(0.018)

(0.016)

(0.021)

(0.020)

Other non-western

0.088**

0.078*

0.086***

0.080***

 

(0.032)

(0.031)

(0.016)

(0.016)

Western

0.064***

0.052**

0.036***

0.029***

 

(0.018)

(0.016)

(0.007)

(0.007)

Girl

−0.105***

−0.107***

−0.120***

−0.121***

 

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

Age

−0.038***

−0.040***

0.020***

0.017**

 

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.006)

Preliminary Training: VWO

−0.017

−0.016

0.051

0.057

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.049)

(0.049)

Preliminary Training: MBO

−0.064**

−0.063**

  
 

(0.023)

(0.023)

  

Preliminary Training: Other

−0.040

−0.042

−0.089

−0.080

 

(0.042)

(0.040)

(0.087)

(0.080)

Education

0.032

0.035

−0.122***

−0.115***

 

(0.024)

(0.022)

(0.029)

(0.030)

Humanities

0.063

0.057

0.066***

0.067***

 

(0.034)

(0.033)

(0.019)

(0.019)

Economics & Law

−0.017

−0.014

−0.006

−0.002

 

(0.044)

(0.043)

(0.011)

(0.010)

Natural Sciences

0.131**

0.133**

0.055

0.055

 

(0.048)

(0.047)

(0.032)

(0.032)

Health & Social Services

−0.180***

−0.178***

−0.028

−0.024

 

(0.049)

(0.048)

(0.020)

(0.019)

# children living with mother

 

−0.009**

 

−0.009***

  

(0.003)

 

(0.002)

Parents living together

 

−0.052***

 

−0.065***

  

(0.009)

 

(0.012)

Mother widowed

 

−0.055

 

−0.052***

  

(0.032)

 

(0.016)

Log Father’s income

 

−0.001

 

−0.000

  

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Log Mother’s income

 

0.007**

 

0.003

  

(0.002)

 

(0.003)

Mother on welfare benefit

 

0.027***

 

0.035**

  

(0.007)

 

(0.011)

Mother on other benefit

 

0.017

 

0.008

  

(0.015)

 

(0.008)

Mother Housewife

 

0.034*

 

0.022

  

(0.014)

 

(0.024)

Mother not present

 

−0.001

 

−0.033

  

(0.024)

 

(0.028)

Father self-employed

 

−0.000

 

0.026***

  

(0.008)

 

(0.007)

Father on welfare benefit

 

0.025**

 

−0.013

  

(0.009)

 

(0.012)

Father on other benefit

 

0.009

 

0.034**

  

(0.007)

 

(0.012)

Father not present

 

0.002

 

−0.005

  

(0.022)

 

(0.023)

Switched HBO to WO

0.042***

0.038***

  
 

(0.011)

(0.011)

  

Switched WO to HBO

  

0.018

0.016

   

(0.015)

(0.015)

Constant

4.745***

4.815***

3.896***

3.983***

 

(0.111)

(0.112)

(0.092)

(0.114)

Ln σ

−0.894***

−0.896***

−1.161***

−1.167***

 

(0.025)

(0.025)

(0.038)

(0.038)

κ

−1.709***

−1.706***

−0.735***

−0.747***

 

(0.068)

(0.067)

(0.141)

(0.141)

σ

0.409***

0.408***

0.313***

0.311

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.012)

(0.012)

Log (pseudo) likelihood

−41995.33

−41871.35

−8178.04

−8098.43

Wald Χ2

1332.29

10112.07

27945.99

1537998.52

N

56761

56761

20265

20265

  1. * p<0.05; ** p<0.01; *** p<0.001.
  2. Standard errors are adjusted for the clustering of students in institutions.