Table 6.
Regression Results for Externalizing Behavior Scores of Children of Immigrants Relative to Children on Natives, by Language Spoken in the Home
Country and language group | Model 1. No controls
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Model 2. With controls
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Coef [SE] | Pairwise t-tests: Ref country | Coef [SE] | Pairwise t-tests: Ref country | |||||
Canada | UK | US | Canada | UK | US | |||
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Australia | ||||||||
Foreign-born and official language in home | 0.109** [0.039] | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.001 [0.038] | 0.0 | 0.7 | -0.3 |
Foreign-born and foreign language in home | -0.080 [0.058] | -0.8 | -0.5 | 0.4 | -0.132* [0.055] | -1.6 | -2.7** | -2.2* |
Canada | ||||||||
Foreign-born and official language in home | 0.011 [0.067] | -0.6 | -1.1 | 0.001 [0.065] | 0.5 | -0.2 | ||
Foreign-born and foreign language in home | 0.002 [0.081] | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.026 [0.082] | -0.5 | 0.1 | ||
United Kingdom | ||||||||
Foreign-born and official language in home | 0.059 [0.045] | -0.7 | -0.035 [0.039] | -0.8 | ||||
Foreign-born and foreign language in home | -0.040 [0.062] | 0.9 | 0.075 [0.055] | 0.9 | ||||
United States | ||||||||
Foreign-born and official language in home | 0.109+ [0.060] | 0.020 [0.059] | ||||||
Foreign-born and foreign language in home | -0.108** [0.037] | 0.017 [0.040] |
Note. See Table 4 for model definitions. Standard errors taking account of survey design in brackets. Higher scores indicate more favorable outcomes. Sample sizes are: Australia, 3,823; Canada, 6,889; United Kingdom, 13,474; and United States, 8,900 (rounded to nearest 50).
p<.01,
p<.05,
p<.1.