Table 3.
Independent Variables | Pre-1997
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Post-1996
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B | SE | B | SE | |
Human Capital | ||||
Age | 0.047 | 0.052 | 0.089 | 0.076 |
Age Squared | −0.0005 | 0.0006 | −0.001 | 0.001 |
Education | 0.074** | 0.023 | 0.062* | 0.034 |
English Ability | ||||
Neither Speaks Nor Understands | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- |
Doesn’t Speak But Understands Some | 0.379 | 0.305 | 0.446 | 0.409 |
Speaks and Understands Some | 0.473 | 0.298 | 0.242 | 0.410 |
Doesn’t Speak But Understands Much | 0.961** | 0.365 | 0.262 | 0.418 |
Speaks and Understands Much | 1.023** | 0.331 | 0.611 | 0.437 |
Cumulative U.S. Experience | ||||
In Documented Status | 0.015 | 0.018 | 0.014 | 0.023 |
In Undocumented Status | 0.054** | 0.021 | −0.007 | 0.026 |
In Temporary Status | 0.048 | 0.045 | −0.172* | 0.089 |
Trip Characteristics | ||||
Age at First Trip | 0.056 | 0.050 | −0.106 | 0.078 |
Age at First Trip Squared | −0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Number of Prior Trips | −0.083** | 0.022 | −0.105 | 0.034 |
Social Capital | ||||
Parent a Migrant | 0.213 | 0.183 | 0.070 | 0.256 |
Sibling a Migrant | −0.541** | 0.206 | −0.375 | 0.239 |
Migrant Household | 0.037 | 0.196 | 0.316 | 0.267 |
Legal Household | 0.197 | 0.205 | −0.107 | 0.276 |
Organization Member | 0.261 | 0.190 | −0.093 | 0.256 |
Intercept | −3.680** | 1.104 | −1.111 | 1.715 |
Log Likelihood | −495.872 | −260.416 | ||
Chi-Square | 118.70** | 44.52** | ||
Number of Migrants | 1,001 | 427 |
p<.10;
p<.05