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Follow us Explaining the Black-White Gap in College Attendance: Racial Differences versus Socioeconomic Determinants
Bennett, Pamela, and Yu Xie. 2000. "Explaining the Black-White Gap in College Attendance: Racial Differences versus Socioeconomic Determinants." PSC Research Report No. 00-447. June 2000.
College enrollment rates of blacks have historically trailed those of whites, although the actual size of the racial gap has fluctuated in recent decades. Using logistic regression and a decomposition analysis, we seek to ascertain the extent to which this college-going gap is due to racial disparities in socioeconomic family background, academic performance, and expectations and values about education. We find sizable differences between blacks and whites in socioeconomic family background and academic performance, as well as interactions between race and these variables. However, expectations and values about education are similar between the groups and contribute little to racial disparities in college attendance.
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