Table 4.
Multilevel Mixed Effects Linear Regressions of Social Ties on Time in U.S. and Controls: CCAHS Latino Subsample (n = 792)a
| Informal Social Integration |
Network Diversity |
Total Network Size |
Instrumental Support |
Informational Support |
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| (1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
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| Time in U.S. | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) | Coef | (SE) |
| 0–4 yrs | 0.00 | (0.19) | −0.91 | (0.37) | −0.81 | (0.96) | −1.50 | (0.73) | −0.55 | (0.67) |
| 5–9 yrs | −0.12 | (0.15) | −0.97 | (0.37) | −1.35 | (0.67) | −1.67 | (0.59) | −1.35 | (0.55) |
| 10–14 yrs | −0.06 | (0.16) | −0.03 | (0.31) | −0.87 | (0.69) | −0.52 | (0.66) | −0.08 | (0.61) |
| 15+ yrs = reference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Born in U.S. | 0.30 | (0.14) | 0.84 | (0.33) | 1.24 | (0.68) | 0.39 | (0.67) | 0.45 | (0.46) |
| Missing | 0.00 | (0.22) | −0.69 | (0.46) | 1.03 | (0.90) | −0.37 | (0.75) | 0.78 | (0.81) |
a
All models additionally control for Latino subgroup, age, sex, marital status, whether participants had children, education, income, neighborhood Latino/immigrant concentration, concentration of disadvantage, concentration of affluence, and older age composition. Note: Boldface indicates p <0.05; boldface with italics indicates .05<p<0.10.
| %Var explained | |||||
| Level-1 | 16.50% | 23.94% | 7.54% | 5.15% | 9.59% |
| Level-2 | 36.67% | 32.97% | 41.29% | 28.68% | 20.60% |
| Variance | |||||
| Level-1 | 1.01 | 5.38 | 20.90 | 16.40 | 14.02 |
| Level-2 | 0.11 | 0.72 | 2.74 | 2.65 | 2.69 |
| Uncond Level 1 | 1.21 | 7.07 | 22.60 | 17.29 | 15.51 |
| UcondLevel 2 | 0.17 | 1.07 | 4.67 | 3.71 | 3.38 |
| Intraclass Correlations | |||||
| 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.16 | |