Table 6. Regression Analysis of the Relationship Between Test Scores and Pre- and Post-migration Characteristics (Combined).
| Word Identification | Comprehension | Applied Problems | Calculatation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.1 | M.2 | M.1 | M.2 | M.1 | M.2 | M.1 | M.2 | |
| Child Characteristics | ||||||||
| US-born | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| One U.S. parent | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| Latino origin - Mexico | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| Latino origin - other | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. |
| Post-migration parental attributes | ||||||||
| Education in U.S. | 0.03 * | 0.02 | 0.04 ** | 0.03 * | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Postmigration ISEI | 0.004 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.003 * | 0.00 |
| Postmigration work | 0.39 ** | 0.39 ** | 0.48 ** | 0.48 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| # years in U.S. | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 ** | 0.02 ** | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Pre-migration parental attributes | ||||||||
| Education at arrival | 0.04 ** | 0.03 ** | 0.04 ** | 0.03 ** | 0.03 ** | 0.03 * | 0.02 ** | 0.02 * |
| Premigration ISEI | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Premigration work | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.21 ** | 0.19 ** | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| English at arrival | 0.24 ** | 0.20 ** | 0.26 ** | 0.22 ** | 0.12 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.02 |
| Cognitive HOME | 0.01 ** | 0.01 ** | 0.01 ** | 0.01 ** | ||||
| R-square | 0.376 | 0.391 | 0.326 | 0.343 | 0.307 | 0.324 | 0.537 | 0.544 |
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.