Determinants of Changes in Upper Grade Continuation Rates, 1960–65 to 1970–75
| Grade 10 | Grade 11 | Grade 12 | HS Graduation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black share of enrollment, 1960 | 0.045 (0.066) | −0.004 (0.098) | 0.136 (0.078)a | 0.152 (0.119) | 0.185 (0.075)b | 0.189 (0.097)a | 0.182 (0.076)b | 0.188 (0.114) |
| Low-grade continuation rate | −0.416 (0.280) | 0.015 (0.250) | 0.259 (0.218) | 0.100 (0.227) | ||||
| Percent black VAP registered to vote, 1960 | −0.031 (0.065) | −0.030 (0.071) | −0.010 (0.068) | −0.005 (0.065) | ||||
| Nonwhite median income, 1960 | 0.002 (0.008) | −0.001 (0.010) | −0.003 (0.009) | 0.000 (0.009) | ||||
| Nonwhite median years of education, 1960 | −0.019 (0.013) | −0.017 (0.016) | −0.012 (0.015) | −0.002 (0.014) | ||||
| Percent of households with complete plumbing | −0.152 (0.158) | −0.115 (0.157) | −0.002 (0.145) | −0.062 (0.154) | ||||
| Percent of population in urban areas | 0.108 (0.064)a | 0.156 (0.078)a | 0.083 (0.070) | 0.087 (0.074) | ||||
| Change in per-pupil instructional spending for blacks, 1955–59 | 0.081 (0.114) | 0.137 (0.129) | 0.197 (0.126) | 0.223 (0.119)a | ||||
| Change in percent of VAP blacks registered to vote, 1964—68 | 0.024 (0.110) | −0.034 (0.131) | 0.035 (0.119) | 0.018 (0.124) | ||||
| Ln change in employment | −0.032 (0.078) | −0.073 (0.071) | −0.025 (0.069) | 0.008 (0.067) | ||||
| Constant | 0.037 (0.029) | 0.146 (0.116) | −0.013 (0.034) | 0.056 (0.132) | −0.026 (0.033) | −0.044 (0.125) | −0.016 (0.033) | −0.083 (0.123) |
| N | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 |
| R-squared | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.24 | 0.10 | 0.20 |