Table 4.
Effect of Subjective Social Standing in US and Origin on Four Measures of Subjective Well-Being, by Place of Birth
| Satisfaction with US Economic Opportunity, OLS | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Filipino | Chinese | Other Asian | Cuban | Puerto Rican | Mexican | Other Hispanic | |||||||||
| Rank in country of origin | −0.070^ | (0.037) | 0.045 | (0.042) | −0.052 | (0.047) | 0.051 | (0.060) | −0.050* | (0.022) | −0.118* | (0.058) | −0.044 | (0.032) | −0.018 | (0.035) |
| Rank in US as a whole | 0.177** | (0.039) | 0.041 | (0.042) | 0.143** | (0.038) | 0.012 | (0.053) | 0.149** | (0.030) | 0.109^ | (0.057) | 0.082* | (0.033) | 0.178** | (0.041) |
| Constant | 4.414** | (0.413) | 3.190** | (0.661) | 3.891** | (0.444) | 3.237** | (0.565) | 4.241** | (0.359) | 5.122** | (0.685) | 4.456** | (0.450) | 3.711** | (0.382) |
| N | 438 | 328 | 415 | 289 | 482 | 183 | 445 | 397 | ||||||||
| Would Still Move if Deciding Today, Logistic Regression, Odds Ratios | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Filipino | Chinese | Other Asian | Cuban | Puerto Rican | Mexican | Other Hispanic | |||||||||
| Rank in country of origin | 0.301** | (0.114) | 0.718 | (0.488) | 0.693 | (0.209) | 0.809 | (0.289) | 0.787 | (0.269) | 0.856 | (0.270) | 0.526* | (0.171) | 0.984 | (0.221) |
| Rank in US as a whole | 1.549 | (0.426) | 0.946 | (0.417) | 1.643* | (0.362) | 1.626 | (0.535) | 1.316 | (0.443) | 0.959 | (0.285) | 1.202 | (0.301) | 1.140 | (0.269) |
| Constant | 7900.1** | (25390.104) | 3533.1 | (19647.087) | 4.274 | (8.223) | 25.94 | (61.864) | 185.3 | (1594.791) | 22420.1* | (94435.140) | 2365.8^ | (10236.909) | 1.990 | (3.049) |
| N | 438 | 328 | 415 | 289 | 482 | 183 | 445 | 397 | ||||||||
| Frequency of Depression in the Past Month (Reverse Coded), Ordered Logistic Regression, Odds Ratios | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Filipino | Chinese | Other Asian | Cuban | Puerto Rican | Mexican | Other Hispanic | |||||||||
| Rank in country of origin | 1.325* | (0.172) | 1.191 | (0.214) | 0.974 | (0.162) | 1.383 | (0.707) | 1.079 | (0.083) | 1.342 | (0.250) | 0.894 | (0.122) | 1.043 | (0.133) |
| Rank in US as a whole | 0.917 | (0.132) | 1.349 | (0.249) | 1.298^ | (0.182) | 1.691 | (0.865) | 1.130 | (0.115) | 1.214 | (0.225) | 1.177 | (0.161) | 1.008 | (0.153) |
| N | 438 | 328 | 415 | 289 | 482 | 183 | 445 | 397 | ||||||||
| Self Reported Mental Health, Ordered Logistic Regression, Odds Ratios | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnamese | Filipino | Chinese | Other Asian | Cuban | Puerto Rican | Mexican | Other Hispanic | |||||||||
| Rank in country of origin | 0.915 | (0.102) | 0.988 | (0.158) | 1.255 | (0.207) | 1.175 | (0.264) | 1.074 | (0.088) | 1.541* | (0.316) | 1.006 | (0.102) | 1.073 | (0.118) |
| Rank in US as a whole | 1.174 | (0.137) | 1.059 | (0.165) | 1.390* | (0.186) | 1.191 | (0.226) | 1.395** | (0.175) | 1.155 | (0.220) | 1.125 | (0.121) | 1.010 | (0.128) |
| N | 438 | 328 | 415 | 289 | 482 | 183 | 445 | 397 | ||||||||
Source: National Latino and Asian American Survey.
Notes: Standard errors in parentheses.
All models control for gender, marital status, age, age squared, and the number of children in the household.
Satisfaction with economic opportunity, mental health, and depression models also control for physical health status, educational attainment, household income, a dummy for topcoded household income, employment status, occupation, refugee status, length of residence in the United States, English ability, whether the immigrant's primary residence is in another country, posession of citizenship in the home country, and whether the respondent sends remittances to the home country.
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