Table 3.

Generalized Linear Regressions Indicating the Association Between Group and Metropolitan Characteristics With Levels of Dissimilarity of the Foreign-Born, by Race and Ethnicity, From Native-Born Non-Hispanic Whites, 2000

Variable	Hispanic		Asian		Black		White
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Intercept	0.604**	0.315**	0.528**	0.503**	0.744**	0.476*	0.460**	0.411**
Year of Entry to the United States
1–10 years ago (omitted)
11–20 years ago	−0.024**	0.006	−0.031**	0.017	−0.031**	0.008	−0.029**	0.024
21–30 years ago	−0.036**	0.011	−0.044**	0.031	−0.024	0.030	−0.036**	0.026
31+ years ago	−0.097**	−0.040	0.013	0.105**	−0.003	0.052	−0.176**	−0.112**
Other Group-Specific Characteristics
Group size (10,000s)		−0.001		0.000		−0.001		−0.007*
% speaking English very well/well		−0.164*		−0.150*		−0.105		−0.204**
Median household income (1,000s)		−0.001		0.000		−0.002*		−0.001*
% owning a home		−0.013		−0.116*		−0.054		−0.100
Metropolitan Area Characteristics
Log of total population		0.041**		0.015*		0.043**		0.027**
% minority		−0.085		−0.042		−0.100		−0.076*
% in manufacturing		0.036		0.148		0.365*		0.304**
% in government		0.233		−0.033		0.785*		0.331*
% in military		−0.581		−0.345		−1.495**		−0.413*
% over 65 years old		−0.085		−0.002		−0.234		−0.533**
% of population enrolled in college		−0.290		−0.161		−1.468**		−0.395**
% of housing units built in last 10 years		−0.336**		−0.170**		−0.235		−0.011
% of population in suburbs		−0.084**		−0.002		−0.031		−0.040
Region
West (omitted)
Northeast		0.052**		0.041**		−0.023		0.020
Midwest		0.086**		0.078**		0.020		0.078**
South		0.005		0.064**		−0.053**		0.062**
N	559	559	535	535	208	208	569	569
−Log Likelihood	507.789	678.238	616.042	734.762	236.835	309.989	630.518	776.689

Notes: The table includes metropolitan areas with at least 1,000 members of the group in question. See the text for details.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01