Table 2

Between-Group Differences in Characteristics, NLS-72

	High School Graduates			College Entrants^*			College Graduates^{^†}			Health Professionals^{^‡}
	White	Nonwhite	Difference	White	Nonwhite	Difference	White	Nonwhite	Difference	White	Nonwhite	Difference
Proportion
Female	0.510	0.553	−0.043	0.494	0.557	−0.064	0.481	0.566	−0.084	0.407	0.375	0.032
Male	0.490	0.447	0.043	0.506	0.443	0.064	0.519	0.434	0.084	0.593	0.625	−0.032
Dad is high school graduate	0.722	0.452	0.270	0.826	0.551	0.275	0.858	0.586	0.272	0.870	0.625	0.245
Dad is college graduate	0.215	0.072	0.143	0.319	0.112	0.207	0.379	0.138	0.241	0.463	0.313	0.151
Mom is high school graduate	0.776	0.505	0.271	0.867	0.573	0.294	0.899	0.613	0.287	0.927	0.625	0.302
Mom is college graduate	0.118	0.058	0.060	0.182	0.088	0.095	0.222	0.118	0.104	0.299	0.250	0.049
SAT quartiles
Q1 (lowest)	0.178	0.595	−0.418	0.063	0.418	−0.355	0.028	0.290	−0.262	0.006	0.125	−0.119
Q2	0.254	0.228	0.026	0.188	0.271	−0.083	0.130	0.276	−0.146	0.034	0.188	−0.154
Q3	0.279	0.117	0.162	0.308	0.192	0.116	0.294	0.232	0.062	0.175	0.063	0.113
Q4 (highest)	0.289	0.060	0.229	0.442	0.120	0.322	0.548	0.203	0.345	0.785	0.625	0.160

↵* Refers to individuals enrolling in nonvocational two-year or any four-year colleges or universities.
↵† Refers to individuals receiving a baccalaureate degree from any four-year colleges or universities.
↵‡ Refers to individuals with postbaccalaureate degree who choose an occupation in the health professions.
Note: Proportion refers to the group indicated by the column heading. Categories may not sum to one due to rounding or nonexhaustive category choice.
Source: Authors’ calculations using NLS-72.