Table 2 Correlates of High School Dropout (Not Taking ENLACE Exam)

Dependent Variable: Dropout (Not Taking ENLACE Exam)*100	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
COMIPEMS score	−0.28^***	−0.26^***	−0.29^***	−0.35^***	−0.28^***
	(0.054)	(0.034)	(0.015)	(0.045)	(0.018)
Middle school GPA	−16.56^***	−16.80^***	−17.41^***	−16.74^***	−17.50^***
	(0.679)	(0.598)	(0.259)	(0.708)	(0.253)
Parental education (years)	−0.42^***	−0.51^***	−0.52^***	−0.43^***	−0.50^***
	(0.055)	(0.033)	(0.037)	(0.057)	(0.041)
Family income (thousand pesos/month)	0.01	−0.12^***	−0.14^***	−0.00	−0.09^**
	(0.060)	(0.033)	(0.038)	(0.063)	(0.041)
Male	0.07	−0.26	−0.18	−0.26	0.13
	(0.425)	(0.241)	(0.268)	(0.361)	(0.315)
Hours studied per week	−0.24^***	−0.28^***	−0.32^***	−0.25^***	−0.30^***
	(0.044)	(0.037)	(0.034)	(0.045)	(0.034)
Parental effort index	−1.00^***	−0.99^***	−0.99^***	−1.00^***	−1.06^***
	(0.119)	(0.095)	(0.106)	(0.120)	(0.109)
Employed	7.92^***	7.59^***	7.50^***	7.91^***	7.82^***
	(0.539)	(0.501)	(0.523)	(0.534)	(0.532)
Resides in Federal District	8.65^***	3.90^**	2.93^***	8.35^***	7.46^***
	(1.279)	(1.765)	(0.356)	(1.337)	(0.723)
Exam year 2006	3.85^***	3.59^***	3.64^***	3.98^***	3.85^***
	(0.465)	(0.453)	(0.498)	(0.469)	(0.516)
Distance from home to school (kilometers)			0.30^***		0.46^***
			(0.023)		(0.030)
IPN school as first choice				−1.61^***	−1.91^***
				(0.486)	(0.452)
Admitted to IPN school				8.77^***	6.98^***
				(1.626)	(1.648)
Admitted high school fixed effects	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO
Observations	253,506	253,506	218,870	253,506	218,870
Adjusted R²	0.118	0.150	0.148	0.120	0.123
Mean of dependent variable	48.7	48.7	46.9	48.7	46.9

Notes: Sample excludes students assigned to an UNAM high school, since these schools do not proctor the ENLACE exam used as the proxy for graduation. Standard errors, clustered at high school level, in parentheses.
* p < 0.10,
↵** p < 0.05,
↵*** p < 0.01.