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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int Migr Rev. 2013 Spring;47(1):39–75. doi: 10.1111/imre.12013

Table 5.

Correlates of Four Outcomes with Time in US Interactions

Satisfaction with US Economic
Opportunity, OLS
Would Still Move, Logistic Regression
(1) (2) (3) (4)
b SE b SE Odds ratio SE Odds ratio SE

Ranks
Rank in US as a whole 0.121** (0.015) 1.095 (0.120)
Rank in US as a whole*in US <5 years −0.005 (0.028) 1.091 (0.197)
Rank in country of origin −0.016 (0.013) 0.787* (0.086)
Rank in country of origin*in US <5 years 0.022 (0.031) 1.061 (0.234)
Constant 4.252** (0.141) 4.132** (0.143) 243.2** (275.947) 196.1** (224.183)

N 2976 2976 2976 2976

Depression in Past Month (Reverse
Coded), Ordered Logistic
Regression
Self-Reported Mental Health, Ordered
Logistic Regression
(5) (6) (7) (8)
Odds ratio SE Odds ratio SE Odds ratio SE Odds ratio SE

Ranks
Rank in US as a whole 1.188** (0.061) 1.241** (0.056)
Rank in US as a whole*in US <5 years 0.801* (0.078) 0.858^ (0.073)
Rank in country of origin 1.176** (0.053) 1.121** (0.046)
Rank in country of origin*in US <5 years 0.957 (0.100) 0.965 (0.090)

N 2976 2976 2976 2976

Source: National Latino and Asian American Survey.

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses.

All models control for gender, marital status, age, age squared, number of children at home, physical health status, country of birth, 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.

^

p<0.10

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01