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Racial Gap in Household Income Explains Black-White Disparities in the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment

Open Journal of Educational Research | Vol 4, Issue 3

Table 2. Bivariate Correlations

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1 Race (Black)1.00
2 Maternal Education (Baseline)-0.37*1.00
3 Father Jailed (Baseline)0.08*-0.10*1.00
4 HH Married (Baseline)-0.45*0.51*-0.10*1.00
5 YA Educational Attainment (At Age 22)-0.21*0.43*-0.09*0.32*1.00
6 YA School Discipline, Any (Baseline)0.31*-0.30*0.11*-0.27*-0.36*1.00
7 Sex (Male)-0.040.040.010.02-0.18*0.13*1.00

*p < 0.05 (Pearson); HH: Household; YA/EA: Young Adult/Emerging Adult