Table 19.

Determinants of Schooling (OLS Estimates) and English Fluency (Logit Estimates), Black Immigrants from Africa and the Americas: NIS-2003 Cohort

Regressor	Years of Schooling		Fluency in English
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Age	0.509	.310	.0450	.00738
Age squared	−0.00625	−.00428	−.000848	−.000263
Joint test F	27.6*** (2, 547)	14.3*** (2, 481)	NA	NA
Joint test chi2 (2 df)	NA	NA	3.74 (2 df).	.93 (2 df)
Spouse of NB citizen	.395	1.411	−.00385	−.540
Spouse of FB citizen	.599	1.190	−2.301	−.516
Parent of U.S. citizen	.0205	−.712	−1.441	−1.978
Child of U.S. citizen	2.128	2.098	−1.583	−1.071
Employment principal	1.751	2.750	.189	---
Diversity principal	.825	2.378	−1.393	−1.051
Spouse of diversity prin.	1.676	.556	−1.154	−1.248
Refugee principal	−.914	−2.272	−1.964	−.938
Other family visa	.0739	2.510	−1.180	−1.249
Joint test F	2.87** (9, 547)	5.23*** (9, 481)	NA	NA
Joint test chi2	NA	NA	9.35 (9 df)	7.29 (8 df)
Adjustee	1.233 (2.26)*	1.453 (2.22)*	2.202 (4.13)***	1.030 (1.68)
Previous illegal experience	−.181 (.44)	.390 (.67)	−.431 (.72)	.151 (.29)
Born in Africa	2.406 (4.53)***	1.346 (2.33)*	1.005 (2.06)*	1.019 (2.49)*
English an official language	NA	NA	3.276 (7.33)***	3.340 (8.00)***
Spoke English only at age 10	NA	NA	2.082	2.394
Spoke some English at age 10	NA	NA	.884	1.125
Joint test chi2 (2 df)	NA	NA	14.6*** (2 df)	25.5*** (2 df)
Constant	1.350 (.73)	4.532 (2.20)*	−.640 (.32)	−.758 (.56)
R-squared	.298	.330	NA	NA
Log pseudolikelihood	NA	NA	−199.76	−173.10
Observations	562	496	563	501

Notes: NA = not applicable. Absolute values of asymptotic t-ratio appear in parentheses under parameter estimates for numeric and binary variables. Joint tests reported for multiple-category categorical variables.

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01,

^***p < .001;

two-tailed tests for single coefficients, one-tailed for joint tests