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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: AJS. 2009 Jun;74(3):423–444. doi: 10.1177/000312240907400305

Table 3.

Odds Ratios for Nativity and Race/ethnicity from Models of AFDC recipiency, AFDC Exit, and Type of AFDC Exit

AFDC Recipiency Exit From AFDC Type of AFDC Exit
Emp. Exit vs. Staying on AFDC Emp. Exit vs. Non-Emp. Exit Non-Emp. Exit vs. Staying on AFDC
White Natives (ref)
Black Natives 5.29 *** C 0.78 0.78 1.08 0.72
Mexican Immigrants 1.27 B 0.99 1.93 2.88 0.67
Non-Mexican Immigrants --- --- 0.59 C 1.52 0.39 ** B
 Other Hispanic Immigrants 3.24 *** B C 0.65 --- --- ---
 Non-Hispanic Immigrants 2.07 *** B c 0.39 ** B C --- --- ---
Pseudo R-square 0.24 0.10 0.15

Source and Sample: See Table 1.

The models control for individual characteristics and contextual factors (see Table 2 for details).

+

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<001 (indicates significance of difference from White natives)

b

p<.10

B

p<.05 (significantly different from Black natives)

c

p<.10

C

p<.05 (significantly different from Mexican Immigrants)