Table 5.
Components of Ethnicity: Home Language, During Childhood and Currently, by Employment Visa Category, NIS-2003 Cohort
| Employment Visa Principals | All Immigrants | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | EB-2 | EB-3 | |
| A. Exposure to English and Home Languages During Childhood | |||
| A.1. English Is An Official or Dominant Language of the Country of Birth | |||
| 42.2 | 60.0 | 58.3 | 25.4 |
| A.2. Spoke Only English at Home with Parents at Age 10 | |||
| 21.2 | 1.64 | 6.21 | 6.99 |
| A.3. Spoke English (Only or with Another Language) at Home with Parents at Age 10 | |||
| 29.6 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 14.0 |
| A.4. Top Five Languages Spoken at Home with Parents at Age 10 | |||
| English 24.2 | Mandarin 18.2 | Tagalog 13.6 | Spanish 36.8 |
| French 13.5 | Telugu 15.8 | Spanish 11.9 | English 8.06 |
| Mandarin 8.79 | Hindi 9.91 | English 8.35 | Tagalog 3.94 |
| Spanish 8.46 | Tamil 7.26 | Mandarin 5.29 | Mandarin 3.61 |
| German 3.96 | English 4.61 | Hindi 4.33 | Russian 3.46 |
|
B. Home Languages at Round 1 Interview | |||
| B.1. Speaks Only English at Home at Round 1 Interview | |||
| 37.5 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 17.2 |
| B.2. Speaks English (Only or with Another Language) at Home at Round 1 Interview | |||
| 72.8 | 66.6 | 62.0 | 48.1 |
| B.3. Top Five Home Languages at Round 1 Interview | |||
| English 53.0 | English 34.2 | English 30.9 | Spanish 33.1 |
| Mandarin 9.84 | Mandarin 17.3 | Spanish 10.7 | English 26.0 |
| Spanish 6.98 | Telugu 11.3 | Tagalog 8.38 | Mandarin 3.26 |
| French 2.92 | Hindi 7.00 | Mandarin 5.07 | Tagalog 2.87 |
| Russian 2.73 | Tamil 4.09 | Korean 3.81 | Russian 2.87 |
|
C. Interviewed in English at Round 1 | |||
| C.1. New Arrivals | |||
| 88.7 | 94.2 | 83.5 | 37.1 |
| C.2. Adjustees | |||
| 86.0 | 88.7 | 75.3 | 44.2 |
| C.3. All Immigrants | |||
| 87.0 | 89.4 | 78.0 | 41.2 |
Note: Among respondents reporting more than one language spoken at home at age 10 or at the time of the Round 1 interview, percentages in the top-five lists are based on the first language mentioned.