Table 5. Regression Analysis of the Relationship Between Test Scores and (Separately) Pre- and Post-migration Characteristics.
| Word Identification | Comprehension | Applied Problems | Calculatation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Panel A) | M.1 | M.2 | M.1 | M.2 | M.1 | M.2 | M.1 | M.2 |
| Child Characteristics | ||||||||
| US-born | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.16 * | -0.03 | 0.17 * | 0.05 | 0.04 | -0.01 |
| One U.S. parent | -0.13 | -0.14 | -0.13 | -0.15 | -0.17 | -0.18 | -0.16 | -0.16 |
| Latino origin - Mexico | -0.23 * | -0.25 * | -0.26 * | -0.32 * | -0.26 * | -0.30 * | -0.19 * | -0.20 * |
| Latino origin - other | -0.05 | -0.06 | -0.11 | -0.15 | -0.11 | -0.14 | -0.12 | -0.13 * |
| Post-miqration parental attributes | ||||||||
| SES | ||||||||
| Education in U.S. | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Post-migration ISEI | 0.01 ** | 0.01 ** | 0.01 ** | 0.01 |**| | 0.01 ** | 0.01 * | 0.01 ** | 0.01 ** |
| Post-migration work | 0.43 ** | 0.41 ** | 0.53 ** | 0.50 |**| | 0.57 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| # years in U.S. | 0.01 | 0.01 * | 0.02 ** | 0.00 | ||||
| R-square | 0.342 | 0.343 | 0.287 | 0.291 | 0.272 | 0.279 | 0.526 | 0.526 |
| (Panel B) | M.3 | M.4 | M.3 | M.4 | M.3 | M.4 | M.3 | M.4 |
| Child Characteristics | ||||||||
| US-born | 0.18 |** | 0.15 * | 0.27 ** | 0.25 ** | 0.29 ** | 0.25 ** | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| One U.S. parent | 0.00 | -0.05 | 0.00 | -0.03 | -0.05 | -0.01 | -0.06 | -0.08 |
| Mexico | -0.16 | -0.09 | -0.17 | -0.13 | -0.20 | -0.13 | -0.16 | -0.14 |
| Other Latin Am | -0.05 | 0.00 | -0.07 | -0.04 | -0.11 | -0.06 | -0.12 * | -0.11 |
| Pre-migration parental attributes | ||||||||
| SES | ||||||||
| Education at arrival | 0.03 ** | 0.03 ** | 0.03 ** | 0.02 * | 0.02 ** | 0.02 * | 0.02 * | 0.02 * |
| Pre-migration ISEI | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.004 ** | 0.004** |
| Pre-migration work | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.18 * | 0.19 ** | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| English at arrival | 0.32 ** | 0.36 ** | 0.19 * | 0.09 | ||||
| R-square | 0.337 | 0.353 | 0.269 | 0.289 | 0.269 | 0.275 | 0.529 | 0.531 |
N=2,147. Regressions are run on 5 imputed datasets and are corrected for design effects.
All test scores are age-adjusted.
p<.01,
p<.05.