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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 28.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychol. 2014 Nov 3;50(12):2587–2599. doi: 10.1037/a0038179

Table 4. Association between Three-Generation Coresidence and Kindergarten Cognitive and Socioemotional Outcomes by Nativity and Hispanic/Asian Race/Ethnicity.

Read Math Expressive Language Externalizing Internalizing Pro-Social
Hispanic
Immigrant & Three-Generation 0.16 (0.10) 0.16+ (0.08) 0.43*** (0.11) -0.32* (0.13) -0.18 (0.12) 0.01 (0.16)
Native-Born & Three-Generation -0.06 (0.11) -0.05 (0.09) -0.06 (0.12) -0.01 (0.11) -0.14 (0.15) 0.02 (0.13)
Asian
Immigrant & Three-Generation -0.21* (0.09) -0.06 (0.08) -0.31** (0.11) 0.13 (0.10) 0.04 (0.09) 0.02 (0.10)
Native-Born & Three-Generation -0.26 (0.24) -0.27 (0.21) -0.10 (0.17) 0.19 (0.23) -0.22 (0.19) -0.43* (0.19)

Note: Standard errors in parentheses. Analyses are weighted using WKR0. All regressions control for age, relationship status, poverty, education, whether the mother worked before the birth, receipt of WIC, number of siblings, English primary language, English fluency, number of residential moves, region, urbanicity, child gender, child premature, child low birth weight, kindergarten 06 attendance, child's age in months, grandparents together at age 16, grandparent receipt of AFDC, grandparent depression, and grandmother education.

Results from Chow tests find the following significant differences between immigrant and native-born families (p<0.05): Expressive language for Hispanic and Asian households, Externalizing for Hispanic households, Pro-Social for Asian households.

***

p<0.001,

**

p<0.01,

*

p<0.05,

+

p<0.10