Table IV Results of the determinants of...

Table IV

Results of the determinants of college major choice: multinomial regression

	Explanatory variables	Medicine	Engineering	Other Prof	Science
Dummy	LANG_INSTU_HOME	0.0660*** (0.007)	2.9537*** (0.169)	−0.3195*** (0.013)	−0.0222* (0.011)
-do-	ABLE_OPERATE_COMP=2	0.0029 (0.007)	−0.3496* (0.165)	0.1045*** (0.018)	0.1330*** (0.017)
-do-	PRIVATE_COACHING	0.0655*** (0.007)	0.9467*** (0.171)	−0.0574*** (0.012)	−0.0927*** (0.010)
	Lhhxed	0.0107*** (0.002)	3.4302*** (0.079)	0.2201*** (0.008)	−0.1098*** (0.007)
Dummy	FREE_EDUCATION	−0.0034 (0.008)	−0.2453 (0.180)	0.0285 (0.020)	0.0425** (0.015)
-do-	type_instn_2cate	0.0169*** (0.004)	1.4241*** (0.105)	−0.0067 (0.010)	−0.0970*** (0.009)
-do-	GENDER_STUDENTS	−0.0400*** (0.004)	−0.1994* (0.094)	−0.0423*** (0.010)	−0.0557*** (0.008)
ST/SC Base	OBC	−0.0001 (0.006)	0.1651 (0.134)	−0.0383** (0.014)	0.0391*** (0.012)
	Others	−0.0069 (0.005)	−0.2044 (0.136)	0.0295* (0.014)	−0.0042 (0.012)
Islam Base	Christianity	−0.0214* (0.010)	−1.1077*** (0.225)	−0.0043 (0.028)	0.0248 (0.023)
	Other Religions	−0.0202* (0.010)	−1.3741*** (0.253)	−0.0686* (0.027)	−0.0010 (0.023)
	Hinduism	−0.0206** (0.007)	−0.2559 (0.149)	−0.0584*** (0.016)	0.0326* (0.013)
Q1 Base	Q2	0.0070 (0.006)	−0.0055 (0.191)	−0.0079 (0.019)	−0.0011 (0.017)
	Q3	0.0068 (0.006)	0.1291 (0.188)	0.0118 (0.018)	−0.0218 (0.017)
	Q4	0.0159** (0.006)	0.5176** (0.185)	−0.0234 (0.018)	−0.0457** (0.016)
	Q5	0.0458*** (0.008)	1.3420*** (0.196)	0.0034 (0.019)	−0.1006*** (0.017)
Dummy	Edn_hoh	0.0079 (0.004)	0.5149*** (0.105)	−0.0342** (0.011)	−0.0053 (0.009)
Self-Employed	Salary earning	0.0059 (0.004)	0.0402 (0.107)	−0.0231* (0.011)	0.0077 (0.010)
Base	Casual labor	−0.0154* (0.007)	−1.1946*** (0.214)	0.0237 (0.020)	−0.0060 (0.016)
	Other labor	−0.0017 (0.007)	0.1035 (0.185)	−0.0358 (0.019)	0.0652*** (0.018)
Marginal Base	Small	0.0121 (0.008)	0.6188* (0.285)	−0.0348 (0.028)	0.0279 (0.023)
	Medium	0.0097 (0.009)	0.5105 (0.291)	−0.0494 (0.028)	0.0522* (0.023)
	Large	0.0243* (0.010)	0.8979** (0.305)	−0.0356 (0.030)	0.0282 (0.025)
Rural Base	Urban	−0.0252*** (0.004)	−0.3397*** (0.099)	0.0717*** (0.010)	−0.0033 (0.009)
South Base	West	0.0217*** (0.006)	−1.5936*** (0.166)	0.0313* (0.016)	−0.0498*** (0.013)
	East	−0.0009 (0.007)	−2.4489*** (0.213)	0.0026 (0.019)	−0.0601*** (0.015)
	NES	0.0373*** (0.009)	−2.2271*** (0.181)	−0.0988*** (0.019)	0.0043 (0.017)
	North	0.0016 (0.005)	−1.6760*** (0.154)	−0.0063 (0.014)	0.0313* (0.013)
	Constant	−38.447*** (0.900)	−36.238*** (0.714)	−36.238*** (0.714)	−26.973*** (0.693)
	Pseudo R²	0.3302	0.3302	0.3302	0.3302
	LR χ² (124)	16,763.35	16,763.35	16,763.35	16,763.35
	N	17,235	17,235	17,235	17,235

	Explanatory variables	Medicine	Engineering	Other Prof	Science
Dummy	LANG_INSTU_HOME	0.0660*** (0.007)	2.9537*** (0.169)	−0.3195*** (0.013)	−0.0222* (0.011)
-do-	ABLE_OPERATE_COMP=2	0.0029 (0.007)	−0.3496* (0.165)	0.1045*** (0.018)	0.1330*** (0.017)
-do-	PRIVATE_COACHING	0.0655*** (0.007)	0.9467*** (0.171)	−0.0574*** (0.012)	−0.0927*** (0.010)
	Lhhxed	0.0107*** (0.002)	3.4302*** (0.079)	0.2201*** (0.008)	−0.1098*** (0.007)
Dummy	FREE_EDUCATION	−0.0034 (0.008)	−0.2453 (0.180)	0.0285 (0.020)	0.0425** (0.015)
-do-	type_instn_2cate	0.0169*** (0.004)	1.4241*** (0.105)	−0.0067 (0.010)	−0.0970*** (0.009)
-do-	GENDER_STUDENTS	−0.0400*** (0.004)	−0.1994* (0.094)	−0.0423*** (0.010)	−0.0557*** (0.008)
ST/SC Base	OBC	−0.0001 (0.006)	0.1651 (0.134)	−0.0383** (0.014)	0.0391*** (0.012)
	Others	−0.0069 (0.005)	−0.2044 (0.136)	0.0295* (0.014)	−0.0042 (0.012)
Islam Base	Christianity	−0.0214* (0.010)	−1.1077*** (0.225)	−0.0043 (0.028)	0.0248 (0.023)
	Other Religions	−0.0202* (0.010)	−1.3741*** (0.253)	−0.0686* (0.027)	−0.0010 (0.023)
	Hinduism	−0.0206** (0.007)	−0.2559 (0.149)	−0.0584*** (0.016)	0.0326* (0.013)
Q1 Base	Q2	0.0070 (0.006)	−0.0055 (0.191)	−0.0079 (0.019)	−0.0011 (0.017)
	Q3	0.0068 (0.006)	0.1291 (0.188)	0.0118 (0.018)	−0.0218 (0.017)
	Q4	0.0159** (0.006)	0.5176** (0.185)	−0.0234 (0.018)	−0.0457** (0.016)
	Q5	0.0458*** (0.008)	1.3420*** (0.196)	0.0034 (0.019)	−0.1006*** (0.017)
Dummy	Edn_hoh	0.0079 (0.004)	0.5149*** (0.105)	−0.0342** (0.011)	−0.0053 (0.009)
Self-Employed	Salary earning	0.0059 (0.004)	0.0402 (0.107)	−0.0231* (0.011)	0.0077 (0.010)
Base	Casual labor	−0.0154* (0.007)	−1.1946*** (0.214)	0.0237 (0.020)	−0.0060 (0.016)
	Other labor	−0.0017 (0.007)	0.1035 (0.185)	−0.0358 (0.019)	0.0652*** (0.018)
Marginal Base	Small	0.0121 (0.008)	0.6188* (0.285)	−0.0348 (0.028)	0.0279 (0.023)
	Medium	0.0097 (0.009)	0.5105 (0.291)	−0.0494 (0.028)	0.0522* (0.023)
	Large	0.0243* (0.010)	0.8979** (0.305)	−0.0356 (0.030)	0.0282 (0.025)
Rural Base	Urban	−0.0252*** (0.004)	−0.3397*** (0.099)	0.0717*** (0.010)	−0.0033 (0.009)
South Base	West	0.0217*** (0.006)	−1.5936*** (0.166)	0.0313* (0.016)	−0.0498*** (0.013)
	East	−0.0009 (0.007)	−2.4489*** (0.213)	0.0026 (0.019)	−0.0601*** (0.015)
	NES	0.0373*** (0.009)	−2.2271*** (0.181)	−0.0988*** (0.019)	0.0043 (0.017)
	North	0.0016 (0.005)	−1.6760*** (0.154)	−0.0063 (0.014)	0.0313* (0.013)
	Constant	−38.447*** (0.900)	−36.238*** (0.714)	−36.238*** (0.714)	−26.973*** (0.693)
	Pseudo R²	0.3302	0.3302	0.3302	0.3302
	LR χ² (124)	16,763.35	16,763.35	16,763.35	16,763.35
	N	17,235	17,235	17,235	17,235

Notes: dy/dx for factor levels is the discrete change from the base level. Estimates on standard error are in parentheses. *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001

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