Children growing up in counties with a low share of college-educated adults (bottom quarter) are 7 percent more likely to be incarcerated than children growing up in counties with a high share of college-educated adults (top quarter).
Children growing up in counties with a high share of college-educated adults (top quarter) are 7 percent more likely to be incarcerated than children growing up in counties with a low share of college-educated adults (bottom quarter).