Table 3.

Effect of selected variables on the probability of holding a skilled job on the most recent U.S. trip.

Independent Variables	Pre-1997		Post-1996
Independent Variables	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;

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p<.05