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Table 2 Family background and college students' human capital accumulation

From: Can family determine competition within the college campus? the effect of family background on college students’ human capital accumulation

Variables

Grades

Student leadership

Fellowship reception

Party membership

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Urban family (Rural family = 0)

− 0.042

(0.055)

− 0.147*

(0.060)

− 0.188**

(0.065)

− 0.058

(0.119)

Family occupational status (farmers = 0)

 Industrial workers

− 0.053

(0.051)

0.098

(0.056)

− 0.202***

(0.061)

− 0.013

(0.118)

 Skilled experts

0.218*

(0.091)

− 0.053

(0.099)

− 0.020

(0.105)

− 0.313

(0.201)

 Managerial persons

0.209**

(0.080)

0.287**

(0.089)

0.003

(0.092)

− 0.099

(0.167)

Family economic capital

0.018

(0.014)

0.037*

(0.016)

0. 030

(0. 016)

− 0.012

(0.030)

Family cultural capital

0.040***

(0. 008)

0.026**

(0. 009)

0.012

(0.010)

0.047**

(0.018)

Personal efforts

0.099***

(0.007)

0.032***

(0.008)

0.020*

(0.008)

0.031*

(0.015)

College/university type (vocational school = 0)

 Non-elite universities

− 0.533***

(0.053)

0.277***

(0.058)

0.214***

(0.063)

0.266*

(0.132)

 Elite universities

− 0.732***

(0.058)

0.250***

(0.063)

0.868***

(0.068)

0.579***

(0.138)

Sample size

9208

9208

9208

9208

pseudo R^2

0.035

0.013

0.114

0.204

  1. (1) Due to limitation of space, control variables, intercept, and constant are not shown. For models 1 and 2, control variables are major, cohort, gender, and age. For models 3 and 4, control variables also include grades and leadership experience. (2) standard deviation in parentheses. (3) *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001