Unequal Benefits: How Parental Education Falls Short for Black and Latino Youth

Table 2.

Bivariate correlations in the Pooled Sample

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1 Race (Black) 1  

2 Ethnicity (Hispanic) -0.223* 1  

3 Two Parents Present -0.227* -0.014 1  

4 Age (Yr) 0.026 -0.083* -0.042* 1  

5 Rural/Country -0.079* -0.177* -0.021 0.048* 1  

6 Country Region (East) 0.084* -0.066* 0.017 -0.026 -0.077* 1  

7 Country Region (Mid-West) -0.139* -0.207* 0.045* 0.035* 0.172* -0.344* 1  

8 Country Region (South) 0.101* 0.108* -0.062* 0.052* -0.037* -0.438* -0.490* 1  

9 Country Region (West) -0.074* 0.245* 0.009 -0.099* -0.087* -0.188* -0.210* -0.267* 1  

10 Sex (Male) 0.026 -0.023 -0.011 0.047* 0.023 0.069* -0.038* 0.016 -0.067* 1  

11 Parental Education (1-6) -0.037* -0.285* 0.152* 0.013 -0.023 0.043* 0.032* -0.023 -0.071* 0.019 1  

12 School Performance (1-9) -0.117* -0.096* 0.160* -0.019 0.003 0.028 0.037* -0.061* 0.004 -0.145* 0.210* 1

*p < 0.05 (Pearson)