Table 6
Effect of Hardship, Economic and Demographic Characteristics 
                   on High School Dropout.

Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census
Internet Release date:  December 31, 1998

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                                      Coef.
                                (std. err.)
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Multiple hardships in HH              0.49*
                                     (0.18)
Education of HH head                  -0.04
                                     (0.03)
Ratio of income to poverty           -0.11*
                                     (0.05)
Food stamp receipt                     0.29
                                     (0.21)
Child age 16                           0.20
                                     (0.26)
Child age 17 or over                  1.40*
                                     (0.22)
Number of at-risk children             0.21
                                     (0.17)
Male household head                   -0.27
                                     (0.16)
Black household head                  0.38*
                                     (0.19)
Intercept                            -2.14*
                                     (0.42)
N                                      1501
Null deviance                        1408.3
Residual                             1251.5
Model                                 156.8
D.F.                                      9
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* indicates coefficient is greater than 2 times its standard error.