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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 20.
Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2016 Jan 19;34:109–142. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.4

Table 5.

Summary of results: Percentage reduction in racial and ethnic differences in the timing of leaving and returning home

Explanatory Variables
Hypothesis 1a
and 1b
Hypothesis 2a
and 2b
Hypothesis 3a
and 3b
Hypothesis 4a
and 4b

Models Race and ethnicity School and work
transitions
Relationship status
transitions
Socioeconomic
resources
Family connectivity
and support needs
Leaving
home
White (reference)
Black 26% 21% 34% 16%
Mexican 21% 0% 86%
 Native-born Mexican N/A
 Immigrant Mexican 16%
Other Hispanic N/A N/A N/A
 Native-born other Hispanic N/A
 Immigrant other Hispanic N/A
Returning
home
White (reference)
Black 18% 25% 18% 21%
Mexican 4% 0% 17%
 Native-born Mexican 8%
 Immigrant Mexican 25%
Other Hispanic 5% 5% 17%
 Native-born other Hispanic N/A
 Immigrant other .Hispanic 17%

Note: “N/A” indicates that there is no statistically significant difference to be explained.