Table 5
Impact of student perceptions of education required
on educational outcomes
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| Completed high school | Attended post-secondary | Attended university | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| coefficient | standard error | coefficient | standard error | coefficient | standard error | |
| Knows a university degree is required (age 15) | -0.0069 | 0.0120 | 0.0457 ** | 0.0213 | 0.1547 *** | 0.0237 |
| Knows a university degree is required (age 17) | 0.0481 ** | 0.0192 | 0.1339 *** | 0.0285 | 0.2912 *** | 0.0280 |
| Difference | 0.0549 ** | 0.0227 | 0.0882 ** | 0.0356 | 0.1365 *** | 0.0367 |
p<0.1
p<0.05
p<0.01
Note(s):
Only students who wanted a job requiring a university degree at a point
in time are included in the samples. This includes 5,208 15-year-olds
and 4,832 17-year-olds. All models are estimated by ordinary least
squares and include the covariates listed in Table 2 (except
the strategy variables), as well as school fixed effects.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A.
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