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Table 3 Estimates of the conditional probability of completing a degree in HBO and WO

From: Ethnic disparities in higher education

 

Without UH

 

With UH

 
 

Basic

Extended

Basic

Extended

Mediterranean

0.145***

0.136***

0.118***

0.115***

 

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.016)

(0.015)

Caribbean

0.153***

0.130***

0.128***

0.109***

 

(0.016)

(0.013)

(0.015)

(0.012)

Other non-western

0.102***

0.093***

0.091***

0.084***

 

(0.021)

(0.020)

(0.017)

(0.016)

Western

0.059***

0.048***

0.053***

0.043***

 

(0.014)

(0.012)

(0.010)

(0.009)

Woman

−0.110***

−0.111***

−0.097***

−0.098***

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.009)

Age

−0.032***

−0.035***

−0.033***

−0.036***

 

(0.006)

(0.006)

(0.007)

(0.007)

WO-start

0.263***

0.260***

0.260***

0.256***

 

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.016)

(0.015)

Switched HBO to WO

0.050***

0.047***

0.056***

0.053***

 

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.008)

(0.008)

Preliminary Training: VWO

−0.027***

−0.026***

−0.016*

−0.015

 

(0.009)

(0.009)

(0.010)

(0.010)

Preliminary Training: MBO

−0.073***

−0.072***

−0.081***

−0.079***

 

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.025)

(0.025)

Preliminary Training: Other

−0.087**

−0.086**

−0.057

−0.058*

 

(0.042)

(0.038)

(0.035)

(0.031)

Education

0.027

0.031

0.012

0.017

 

(0.033)

(0.031)

(0.023)

(0.022)

Humanities

0.058

0.055

0.049*

0.048*

 

(0.036)

(0.034)

(0.026)

(0.025)

Economics & Law

−0.009

−0.007

−0.015

−0.011

 

(0.043)

(0.041)

(0.032)

(0.031)

Natural Sciences

−0.031

−0.027

−0.031

−0.026

 

(0.038)

(0.036)

(0.029)

(0.028)

Health & Social Services

−0.105**

−0.104**

−0.102**

−0.099**

 

(0.048)

(0.046)

(0.040)

(0.039)

# children living with mother

 

−0.010***

 

−0.010***

  

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Parents living together

 

−0.061***

 

−0.048***

  

(0.008)

 

(0.007)

Mother widowed

 

−0.066***

 

−0.061***

  

(0.025)

 

(0.021)

Log Father’s income

 

−0.001

 

−0.001

  

(0.001)

 

(0.001)

Log Mother’s income

 

0.007***

 

0.006***

  

(0.002)

 

(0.002)

Mother on welfare benefit

 

0.031***

 

0.022***

  

(0.007)

 

(0.006)

Mother on other benefit

 

0.019*

 

0.014

  

(0.011)

 

(0.009)

Mother Housewife

 

0.040***

 

0.036***

  

(0.013)

 

(0.011)

Mother not present

 

−0.005

 

−0.001

  

(0.020)

 

(0.016)

Father on welfare benefit

 

0.018**

 

0.009

  

(0.008)

 

(0.007)

Father on other benefit

 

0.012

 

0.010

  

(0.007)

 

(0.006)

Father not present

 

−0.008

 

−0.003

  

(0.019)

 

(0.014)

Constant

4.657***

4.736***

4.678***

4.752***

 

(0.127)

(0.127)

(0.141)

(0.141)

Ln σ

−0.936***

−0.938***

−1.326***

−1.328***

 

(0.031)

(0.031)

(0.048)

(0.048)

κ

−1.490***

−1.488***

−0.587***

−0.588***

 

(0.073)

(0.072)

(0.049)

(0.049)

σ

0.392***

0.391***

0.265***

0.265***

 

(0.012)

(0.012)

(0.013)

(0.013)

Ln θ

  

0.701***

0.694***

   

(0.077)

(0.077)

θ

  

2.016

2.002***

   

(0.155)

(0.154)

Log (pseudo) likelihood

−52634.39

−52432.95

−49954.72

−49780.84

Wald Χ2

1516.17

6025.16

1454.13

4933.61

N

77026

77026

77026

77026

  1. * p<.1; ** p<.05; *** p<.01.
  2. Standard errors are in parentheses and adjusted for the clustering of students in institutions.
  3. The results from parametric hazard models with and without unobserved heterogeneity component: the coefficients are given in accelerated failure time metric.