Table 5 Factors affecting major choices of four types of students in the first-tier colleges.
Model 5: Humanities | Model 6: Social Science | Model 7: Science | Model 8: Engineering, Agriculture and Medical | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
“Rural second-generation” (based on “rural first-generation”) | -0.817 (0.765) | -0.681* (0.406) | -0.362 (0.670) | 0.809** (0.346) |
“Urban first-generation” (based on “rural first-generation”) | 0.164 (0.214) | -0.0858 (0.165) | 0.555** (0.247) | -0.195 (0.142) |
“Urban second-generation” (based on “rural first-generation”) | 0.363 (0.329) | -0.115 (0.256) | 0.586 (0.399) | -0.284 (0.222) |
Male | -1.460*** (0.167) | -1.091*** (0.120) | 0.198 (0.182) | 1.399*** (0.107) |
College Entrance Examination Results | -0.022*** (0.009) | -0.036*** (0.008) | 0.033** (0.013) | 0.042*** (0.007) |
Political elite type | 0.422 (0.309) | 0.540** (0.246) | -0.297 (0.391) | -0.527** (0.219) |
Economic elite type | 0.534 (0.351) | -0.322 (0.301) | 0.322 (0.387) | -0.130 (0.260) |
Cultural elite type | -0.198 (0.344) | 0.498** (0.244) | 0.426 (0.335) | -0.508** (0.219) |
General type | 0.0443 (0.217) | 0.324** (0.163) | -0.260 (0.250) | -0.172 (0.141) |
Father’s years of education | -0.039 (0.038) | 0.006 (0.028) | 0.011 (0.041) | 0.012 (0.025) |
High income | -0.357 (0.472) | 0.998*** (0.345) | -1.202* (0.653) | -0.309 (0.319) |
Upper middle income | -0.125 (0.282) | 0.510** (0.215) | -0.297 (0.298) | -0.248 (0.192) |
Middle income | -0.207 (0.279) | 0.471** (0.211) | -0.523* (0.295) | -0.102 (0.184) |
Lower middle income | -0.136 (0.213) | 0.102 (0.164) | -0.277 (0.223) | 0.0847 (0.138) |
Constant | 1.021 (0.863) | 2.458*** (0.814) | -5.963*** (1.295) | -4.427*** (0.724) |
Model significance | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Observations | 1,836 | 1,836 | 1,836 | 1,836 |
