Table 3.
Likelihood-Ratio Chi-Square Statistics for Selected Models of Assortative Mating, 2000 PUMS
| Models | L2 (1) |
df (2) |
BIC (3) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modeling Marriages by Race/Ethnicity/Age at Arrival, Chinese | |||
| A1. men's race/ethnicity/age at arrvial + women's race/ethnicity/age at arrival | 322,126 | 169 | 319,955 |
| A2. A1 + quasi-independence parameters + education pairing | 5,520 | 161 | 3,451 |
| A3. A1 + quasi-symmetry parameters + education pairing | 2,607 | 147 | 718 |
| A4. A1 + quasi-symmetry parameters×education pairing | 1,313 | 126 | −306 |
| Modeling Marriages by Race/Ethnicity/Age at Arrival, Filipinos | |||
| B1. men's race/ethnicity/age at arrvial + women's race/ethnicity/age at arrival | 322,667 | 169 | 320,496 |
| B2. B1 + quasi-independence parameters + education pairing | 4,343 | 161 | 2,275 |
| B3. B1 + quasi-symmetry parameters + education pairing | 2,543 | 147 | 654 |
| B4. B1 + quasi-symmetry parameters × education pairing | 1,315 | 126 | −304 |
| Modeling Marriages by Race/Ethnicity/Age at Arrival, Mexicans | |||
| C1. men's race/ethnicity/age at arrvial + women's race/ethnicity/age at arrival | 399,200 | 169 | 397,028 |
| C2. C1 + quasi-independence parameters + education pairing | 24,111 | 161 | 22,043 |
| C3. C1 + quasi-symmetry parameters + education pairing | 2,607 | 147 | 718 |
| C4. C1 + quasi-symmetry parameters × education pairing | 1,422 | 126 | −197 |
| Modeling Marriages by Race/Ethnicity/Age at Arrival, Puerto Ricans | |||
| D1. men's race/ethnicity/age at arrvial + women's race/ethnicity/age at arrival | 374,053 | 169 | 371,882 |
| D2. D1 + quasi-independence parameters + education pairing | 7,805 | 161 | 5,736 |
| D3. D1 + quasi-symmetry parameters + education pairing | 4,183 | 147 | 2,294 |
| D4. D1 + quasi-symmetry parameters × education pairing | 1,821 | 126 | 203 |