School Choice and the Future of American Democracy

Appendix A | Supplementary Tables for Chapter 2

Appendix A | Supplementary Tables for Chapter 2 117 TABLE A.1. Attrition in the Milwaukee Voucher Data Interviewed in Following Not Spring Interviewed (1) (2) Parent accepted into choice program 0.72 0.61 [0.68–0.77] [0.57–0.66] Fall reports on previous year’s participation Belong to PTA 0.21 0.23 [0.17–0.25] [0.18–0.27] Attend PTA meetings 0.53 0.57 [0.48–0.58] [0.52–0.62] Actively participate in PTA 0.47 0.51 [0.42–0.52] [0.46–0.56] PTA summary measure 1.21 1.31 [1.11–1.32] [1.20–1.42] Demographic characteristics Household income 4.32 4.67 [4.13–4.51] [4.47–4.88] Parental education 4.22 4.21 [4.09–4.36] [4.08–4.34] N 387 389 Source: Data from Witte and Thorn 1995. Note: Confidence intervals (95%) in brackets. 118 Appendixes TABLE A.2. Choice Accepted and Choice Rejected in the Milwaukee Voucher Data Choice Choice Accepted Rejected (1) (2) Fall reports on previous year’s participation Belong to PTA 0.23 0.16 [0.18–0.28] [0.09–0.23] Attend PTA meetings 0.52 0.56 [0.46–0.58] [0.47–0.66] Actively participate in PTA 0.47 0.47 [0.41–0.53] [0.38–0.57] PTA summary measure 1.22 1.19 [1.09–1.35] [1.00–1.39] Demographic characteristics Household income 4.30 4.40 [4.06–4.52] [4.03–4.76] Parental education 4.19 4.30 [4.03–4.35] [4.05–4.55] N 279 108 Source: Data from Witte and Thorn 1995. Note: Confidence intervals (95%) in brackets. TABLE A.3. Means and Standard Deviations of Variables in Table 2.1 Standard Mean Deviation (1) (2) Parent applied for choice program 0.12 (0.33) PTA involvement Belong to PTA 0.21 (0.41) Attend PTA meetings 0.38 (0.49) Actively participate in PTA 0.37 (0.48) PTA summary measure 0.97 (1.07) Demographic characteristics Student is member of a 0.62 (0.48) minority group Language other than English 0.02 (0.15) Household income 5.77 (2.70) Parental education 4.05 (1.50) School to parent contact about fund-raising and volunteering 0.58 (0.77) (0–3) Source: Data from Witte and Thorn 1995. Appendixes 119 TABLE A.4. Means and Standard Deviations of Variables in Table 2.3 Standard Mean Deviation (1) (2) Parent accepted into choice program 0.72 (0.45) One-year change in PTA activities Belong to PTA 0.22 (0.55) Attend PTA meetings 0.09 (0.64) Actively participate in PTA 0.14 (0.62) PTA summary measure 0.44 (1.21) Demographic characteristics Household income 4.26 (1.96) Parental education 4.21 (1.35) Change in school to parent contact 0.29 (1.07) about fund-raising and volunteering Source: Data from Witte and Thorn 1995. TABLE A.5. Means and Standard Deviations of Variables in 1996 National Household Education Survey Standard Mean Deviation (1) (2) Child in public choice setting 0.13 (0.34) Child in private school 0.11 (0.31) Age of parent (primary caregiver) 41.16 (7.42) Parent is female 0.78 (0.41) Language other than English spoken at home 0.09 (0.28) Household income 7.59 (2.95) Highest degree earned (parent/caregiver) 3.06 (1.20) Student is member of a minority group 0.33 (0.47) Student’s grade level 8.81 (1.98) School participation 0.92 (0.72) Political participation 1.51 (1.25) N 9,230 Source: 1996 National Household Education Survey. 120 Appendixes TABLE A.6. The Decision to Exit in the 1996 National Household Education Survey Public Choice Private School (1) (2) Age of parent (primary caregiver) –0.005* 0.016*** (0.002) (0.003) Parent is female 0.06 0.12** (0.05) (0.05) Language other than –0.09 0.03 English spoken at home (0.07) (0.09) Household income –0.04*** 0.03*** (0.01) (0.01) Highest degree earned (parent/caregiver) 0.08*** 0.15*** (0.02) (0.02) Student is member of a minority group 0.31*** 0.001 (0.04) (0.051) Student’s grade level 0.06*** 0.02** (0.03) (0.01) School participation 0.06...