Table 1.
Descriptive Statistics for Explanatory Variables, the New Immigrant Survey 2003 (N=876).
| Percentage or Mean | All Children (N=876) |
Children Reunited with Migrant Parents (N=192) |
Children Migrating with Parents (N=684) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigration experience | |||
| Child immigration experience a | 100.0% | 21.9% | 78.1% |
| By year since immigration (YSI) | |||
| Child migrating with parents | 78.1% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Child reunited with migrant parents, YSI 0~2 years | 13.0% | 59.4% | 0.0% |
| Child reunited with migrant parents, YSI 3~6 years | 7.2% | 32.8% | 0.0% |
| Child reunited with migrant parents, YSI 6+ years | 1.7% | 7.8% | 0.0% |
| By duration of separation | |||
| Child migrating with parents | 78.08% | 0% | 100% |
| Child reunited with migrant parents, years of separation 0~2 years | 7.31% | 33.33% | 0% |
| Child reunited with migrant parents, years of separation 2+ years | 14.61% | 66.67% | 0% |
| By parent’s documentation status | |||
| Child migrating with parents | 78.4% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Child reunited with migrant parents who were ever undocumented | 6.5% | 30.2% | 0.0% |
| Child reunited with migrant parents who were documented | 15.1% | 69.8% | 0.0% |
| Controls | |||
| Age | 9.2 (2.0) |
9.3 (2.0) |
9.1 (2.0) |
| Male | 49.9% | 48.4% | 50.3% |
| Sending regions | |||
| Europe | 22.3% | 11.3% | 88.7% |
| Latin America | 32.4% | 31.7% | 68.3% |
| Asia | 34.1% | 18.7% | 81.3% |
| Africa | 11.2% | 24.5% | 75.5% |
| Family structure | |||
| Both parents present in the household at the time of the survey | 82.9% | 20.5% | 79.5% |
| Only biological mother present | 12.8% | 25.0% | 75.0% |
| Only biological father present | 4.3% | 39.5% | 60.5% |
| Sibship size | 2.8 (1.5) |
3.3 (1.8) |
2.6 (1.4) |
| Years of completed education | 4.0 (2.0) |
4.3 (1.8) |
4.0 (2.1) |
| Parent years of education | 13.2 (3.4) |
12.6 (4.1) |
13.3 (3.2) |
| Parent years since arrival | 5.1 (7.2) |
11.8 (7.5) |
3.3 (5.8) |
| Child years since arrival | 1.8 (2.6) |
2.3 (2.9) |
1.7 (2.6) |
| Home ownership | 23.5% | 31.3% | 21.4% |
| Parent English proficiency (Not at all=2 to Very well=8) | 5.0 (2.0) |
5.5 (1.8) |
4.8 (2.0) |
| Test language is English | 87.7% | 80.7% | 89.6% |
| Parent self-rated health (% with excellent/very good health) b | 59.8% | 57.5% | 60.3% |
| Region of residence | |||
| West | 28.5% | 17.2% | 82.8% |
| Midwest | 13.0% | 23.7% | 76.3% |
| Northeastern | 34.7% | 24.7% | 75.3% |
| South | 23.7% | 22.6% | 77.4% |
Notes:
a.
Among the 674 children with valid migration history for both parents, 62.2% were not ever separated from parents, 4.6% were separated from mother only, 23.4% were separated from father only, and 9.8% were separated from both parents.
b.
The sample size is based on Table 4 (N=1,084).
Standard deviations in parentheses