Research Article
An Empirical Test of Alternative Theories of Educational Inequality
Table 5
Correlation matrix.
| | VAD | Capital | Emp. | Sch. | Rel. sch. | Exp. | Female | Black | Hisp. | Other | Metro |
| VAD | 1.0000 | | | | | | | | | | | Capital | 0.7195 (0.0000) | 1.0000 | | | | | | | | | | Employment | 0.7678 (0.0000) | 0.3833 (0.0000) | 1.0000 | | | | | | | | | Schooling | 0.5010 (0.0000) | 0.2884 (0.0000) | 0.2156 (0.0000) | 1.0000 | | | | | | | | Relative sch. | 0.4791 (0.0000) | 0.3071 (0.0000) | 0.2641 (0.0000) | 0.9328 (0.0000) | 1.0000 | | | | | | | Experience | −0.2361 (0.0000) | −0.0743 (0.0083) | −0.1262 (0.0000) | −0.5811 (0.0000) | −0.4767 (0.0000) | 1.0000 | | | | | | Female | −0.0876 (0.0018) | −0.2247 (0.0000) | −0.0268 (0.3411) | −0.1168 (0.0000) | −0.1433 (0.0000) | 0.0931 (0.0006) | 1.0000 | | | | | Black | −0.0722 (0.0103) | −0.0587 (0.0369) | −0.0600 (0.0331) | −0.3384 (0.0000) | −0.3655 (0.0000) | 0.2054 (0.0000) | 0.1103 (0.0001) | 1.0000 | | | | Hispanic | −0.1725 (0.0000) | −0.1635 (0.0000) | −0.1581 (0.0000) | −0.2056 (0.0000) | −0.2888 (0.0000) | 0.0065 (0.8122) | 0.4144 (0.0000) | −0.0050 (0.8539) | 1.0000 | | | Other | 0.0669 (0.0175) | −0.0183 (0.5157) | 0.0219 (0.4372) | 0.2091 (0.0000) | 0.1397 (0.0000) | −0.2551 (0.0000) | 0.3025 (0.0000) | −0.0401 (0.1414) | 0.2999 (0.0000) | 1.0000 | | Metro | 0.2820 (0.0000) | 0.1058 (0.0002) | 0.1116 (0.0001) | 0.6152 (0.0000) | 0.6279 (0.0000) | −0.2588 (0.0000) | 0.0600 (0.0279) | −0.2736 (0.0000) | 0.0999 (0.0002) | 0.2303 (0.0000) | 1.0000 |
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Numbers within parenthesis are P values.
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