Table 5.

Interaction between Disadvantaged Context and Assimilation: Asians

	High School Graduation^a	College Enrollment^a	Academic Achievement^b	Self-Esteem^b	Depression^b	Delinquency^b	Violence^b	Controlled Substance Use^b	Sexual Intercourse^b
	(logit coef)	(logit coef)	(OLS coef)	(OLS coef)	(OLS coef)	(OLS coef)	(OLS coef)	(OLS coef)	(Hazard ratio)
Neighborhood Disadvantage:
Assimilation Measure
Length of Stay^c	−0.069	−0.218	0.045	−0.057^*	0.266	−0.028	−0.049	−0.503	0.974
Length of Stay > 5 years^c	−2.688^*	−1.879	0.539 ^**	−0.457^*	1.908	−0.654	−0.376	−5.707^*	0.693
U.S.- Born	−0.436	−0.723	0.235	0.031	0.623	0.071	−0.201	−1.608	0.915
% U.S.-Born in Neighborhood, /10	0.334	0.862 ^***	−0.005	0.073^*	0.217	0.143	−0.009	0.157	0.915
% U.S.-Born > 70%	2.531^*	5.952 ^***	0.163	0.239	0.201	0.630	−0.485	1.510	0.608
% Non-Co-Ethnics in Neighborhood, /10	0.131	0.223	−0.055	0.093 ^***	0.194	0.272^***	0.098	1.216^*	1.055
% Non-Co-Ethnics> 75%	−0.946	−2.058	−0.424^*	0.383^*	2.412	1.545^***	0.707	7.031^*	1.110
English language use in home	2.963^*	2.480^*	−0.051	0.397^*	−1.240	−0.413	0.070	−5.769^*	0.552
Propensity for inter-ethnic friends	5.187^*	3.457	0.132	0.242	−6.239 ^***	−0.657	−0.784	−5.807	0.612
Propensity > 0	4.956 ^***	3.512^*	0.330	0.142	−5.218 ^***	−1.000^*	−0.977^*	−7.008^*	0.574
School Disadvantage:
Assimilation Measure
Length of Stay^c	0.050	0.213	−0.024	0.016	0.235	−0.048	0.014	−0.239	1.243
Length of Stay > 5 years^c	−0.718	0.737	−0.094	−0.105	2.818	−0.054	−0.055	−2.427	18.371
U.S.- Born	0.815	1.569^*	−0.312^*	−0.190	−1.014	−0.206	−0.154	3.968	29.101
% U.S.-Born in Neighborhood, /10	−0.019	0.756 ^**	−0.073	0.041	−0.198	0.030	0.052	1.187	3.420^**
% U.S.-Born > 70%	0.612	3.346 ^***	−0.163	0.133	−0.770	−0.284	−0.450	2.413	15.567
% Non-Co-Ethnics in Neighborhood, /10	−0.243	0.323^*	−0.106^***	0.047	−0.113	0.111	0.051	1.077^*	2.872^***
% Non-Co-Ethnics> 75%	−0.816	0.264	−0.203	−0.134	1.652	0.072	−0.118	1.896	138.745^**
English language use in home	2.154	1.766^*	−0.400^***	−0.113	1.547	0.237	0.465	−1.189	0.346
Propensity for inter-ethnic friends	−1.031	3.323^*	−0.142	0.029	−1.459	−0.663	−0.350	2.641	9.840
Propensity > 0	0.393	5.903 ^***	0.009	−0.044	−1.928	−0.088	−0.077	5.570^*	1.288

Notes:

^a)

Wave 3 data. N = 713 for Asians; N = 1,204 for Hispanics

^b)

Wave 1 data. N = 993 for Asians; N = 1.661 for Hispanics

^c)

Models of length of stay include only first-generation immigrants

Models control for specific ethnicity, age, sex, family income, parental education, neighborhood poverty rate, and family structure.

Models using assimilation measures other than length of stay and generation also control for length of stay and generation using a 3-category variable: First generation with length of stay <=5 years, first generation with length of stay > 5 years, and second generation.

Statistical Significance:

p<.10

^**

p< .05

^***

p<.01

Highlighting indicates a significant effect consistent with segmented assimilation theory

Underlining indicates a a significant effect consistent contradictory to segmented assimilation theory