Table 3.
Associations between Reasons for Immigration and Perceived Social Standing Controlling Objective Socioeconomic Status Among Asian Immigrants, by Ethnicity and Gender: National Latino and Asian American Study, 2002–2003
| All Asians | Vietnamese | Filipino | Chinese | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| Objective Socioeconomic Status | ||||||||
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school graduate (reference group) | -- -- |
-- -- |
-- -- |
-- -- |
-- -- |
-- -- |
-- -- |
-- -- |
| High school graduate and some college | 0.138 (0.209) | 0.326 (0.315) | −0.033 (0.596) | −0.387 (0.270) | 0.340 (0.440) | 1.335** (0.476) | 0.298 (0.376) | 0.784* (0.380) |
| College graduate and above | 0.516* (0.206) | 0.582* (0.260) | 0.668 (0.558) | 0.786+ (0.419) | 0.234 (0.446) | 1.143* (0.462) | 0.844 (0.566) | 0.532 (0.460) |
| Occupation (professional/managerial) | 0.295 (0.217) | −0.178 (0.199) | 0.358 (0.337) | −0.184 (0.424) | 0.774** (0.247) | −0.195 (0.275) | −0.296 (0.323) | −0.094 (0.292) |
| Household Income-to-Needs Ratio | 0.025+ (0.014) | 0.064** (0.015) | 0.077* (0.034) | 0.047 (0.040) | 0.018 (0.015) | 0.053* (0.023) | 0.026 (0.020) | 0.104** (0.020) |
| Reasons for Immigration | ||||||||
| To Seek Better Education (very important) | 0.246 (0.168) | 0.121 (0.200) | 0.675 (0.499) | 0.630* (0.284) | −0.194 (0.358) | 0.602* (0.238) | 0.392 (0.328) | 0.051 (0.301) |
| To Find Employment (very important) | −0.323** (0.117) | 0.034 (0.150) | 0.336 (0.293) | 0.050 (0.254) | −0.160 (0.245) | −0.278 (0.322) | −0.385+ (0.217) | −0.110 (0.211) |
| To Seek Political Refuge (very important) | −0.262 (0.224) | −1.081** (0.194) | −0.044 (0.367) | −0.335 (0.288) | 0.017 (0.435) | −0.726+ (0.389) | −0.208 (0.346) | −0.906* (0.382) |
| To Join Other Family Members (very important) | 0.301 (0.207) | −0.149 (0.179) | 0.706* (0.305) | 0.257 (0.361) | −0.027 (0.221) | −0.104 (0.409) | −0.294 (0.295) | −0.387 (0.311) |
| Sample N | 771 | 868 | 236 | 266 | 154 | 195 | 221 | 252 |
| R2 | 0.312 | 0.271 | 0.404 | 0.333 | 0.176 | 0.267 | 0.397 | 0.416 |
| Wald F Statistics | 79.82(16,33) | 12.74(16,33) | 17.62(13,28) | 15.39(13,27) | 18.30(13,28) | 25.07(13,27) | 31.68(13,30) | 31.08(13,32) |
Notes.
Other variables controlled in the model estimations include other immigration-related factors (years in the US, English proficiency), demographic characteristics (age, marital status, region of residence), and ethnicity (only in the models for all Asians).
Survey design effects (stratum, cluster, and individual weight) were taken into account in the model estimations.
Standard errors in parentheses;
**
p<0.01,
*
p<0.05,
+
p<0.1.