Table 2.
OLS Predictors of Mexican-immigrant dissimilarity from native-born, non-Hispanic whites, 2005–2009
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexican destination | 6.497 *** (1.778) | 1.768 (2.436) | 3.843 (2.352) | 2.182 (2.100) | 1.942 (2.172) |
| Percent undocumented | .206 *** (.074) | .181 ** (.076) | .138 * (.081) | .169 * (.087) | |
| Mexican-immigrant assimilation | |||||
| Percent proficient in English | −.012 (.165) | −.244 * (.145) | −.243 * (.145) | ||
| Mexican-white income ratio | −.383 *** (.080) | −.242 *** (.074) | −.243 *** (.075) | ||
| Population and housing | |||||
| Total population (ln) | 4.856 *** (.843) | 4.815 *** (.851) | |||
| Percent immigrant | −.219 (.135) | −.212 (.136) | |||
| Percent black | .067 (.103) | .077 (.106) | |||
| Percent new housing | −.655 *** (.140) | −.658 *** (.140) | |||
| Economic structure | |||||
| Percent college-educated | −.136 (.170) | −.158 (.178) | |||
| Percent in low-skill service | .384 (.481) | .346 (.490) | |||
| Percent in construction | .012 (.642) | −.030 (.650) | |||
| Percent in manfacturing | −.262 (.286) | −.280 (.289) | |||
| Percent in farming | .249 (.377) | .214 (.387) | |||
| Destination type interaction | |||||
| New × Percent undocumented | −.056 (.122) | ||||
| Constant | 53.931 *** (1.346) | 56.643 *** (1.640) | 55.452 *** (1.567) | 56.405 (1.358) | 56.855 ** (1.684) |
| R-squared | .091 | .140 | .270 | .579 | .579 |
| Adjusted R-squared | .084 | .127 | .247 | .534 | .531 |
Notes:
*
p < .10;
**
p < .05;
***
p < .01;
standard errors in parentheses; N = 136 metropolitan areas with at least 1,000 total Mexican immigrants and 100 or more unweighted adult Mexican immigrants in ACS PUMS; continuous covariates are centered