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The Quality of Vocational Education, June 1998

Table 14.--Logistic regression of 12th-grade dropout status on 9th- and 10th-grade total carnegie units in vocational and academic course
Coefficient Standard Error p
INTERCEPT -3.347 1.049 0.001
AGRICULTURE -0.427 0.203 0.036
BUSINESS -0.148 0.199 0.458
CONSUMER/HOMEMAKING EDUCATION 0.350 0.156 0.025
GENERAL LABOR MARKET PREPARATION -0.071 0.183 0.698
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS 0.617 0.512 0.229
SPECIFIC LABOR MARKET PREPARATION 0.801 0.511 0.117
MARKETING/DISTRIBUTION -0.874 1.009 0.386
OCCUPATIONAL HOME ECONOMICS -0.019 0.319 0.952
TECHNICAL/COMMUNICATIONS -0.842 0.370 0.023
TRADE/INDUSTRIAL 0.047 0.123 0.701
ALL ACADEMIC -0.306 0.051 0.000
ASIAN 1.249 0.956 0.191
HISPANIC 0.515 0.453 0.453
BLACK -0.243 0.351 0.488
NATIVE AMERICAN 0.402 0.891 0.652
PRIVATE SCHOOLS -1.622 1.018 0.111
SPECIAL ED. PROGRAM -1.420 0.569 0.013
BILINGUAL PROGRAM -0.509 0.798 0.524
GIFTED PROGRAM -0.738 0.760 0.331
SUBURBAN 0.049 0.337 0.885
RURAL -0.097 0.354 0.783
MIDWEST 0.564 0.385 0.143
SOUTH 0.328 0.341 0.337
WEST -0.296 0.387 0.445
FEMALE 0.337 0.267 0.207
SES LOWEST QUARTILE 1.425 0.446 0.001
SES SECOND QUARTILE 1.166 0.468 0.013
SES THIRD QUARTILE 0.607 0.482 0.208
CLASS RANK (LOGIT) -0.424 0.063 0.000

NUMBER OF TIMES SKIPPED CLASS

None -0.456 0.364 0.210
1-2 -0.076 0.426 0.858
3-6 0.251 0.481 0.601
7-9 -0.024 0.532 0.964

SOURCE: NELS:88 Second follow-up transcript study

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