Table 6.

Results from logistic regression analysis (odds ratios) of returning to own or parents’ birth state, by race.

	(1) Black respondents	(2) Black respondents	(3) White respondents	(4) White respondents
	(odds ratio)	(odds ratio)	(odds ratio)	(odds ratio)
Born in South	4.226 (0.776)**	14.37 (21.83)	5.162 (0.186)**	4.105 (1.445)**
Same birth state as parent	0.691* (0.114)	0.690* (0.115)	0.621** (0.0207)	0.619** (0.0207)
Male	0.926 (0.118)	0.922 (0.119)	0.983 (0.0338)	0.981 (0.0338)
Age	0.978 (0.0117)	0.978 (0.0118)	0.945** (0.00304)	0.945** (0.00304)
Metro Area, 1940	1.369 (0.250)	1.357 (0.249)	0.798** (0.0250)	0.798** (0.0251)
Owned Home, 1940	0.920 (0.162)	0.899 (0.159)	0.914** (0.0312)	0.914** (0.0312)
Highest Parent Grade	1.015 (0.0197)	1.004 (0.0242)	0.984** (0.00569)	0.988 (0.00707)
Highest Parental Occupation Score	0.699** (0.0964)	0.687* (0.116)	0.877** (0.0333)	0.857** (0.0418)
Education	0.923** (0.0175)	0.952* (0.0228)	0.934** (0.00600)	0.947** (0.00772)
Logged Personal Income	0.837** (0.0497)	0.846* (0.0558)	0.940** (0.0155)	0.923** (0.0175)
Married	0.917 (0.111)	0.911 (0.111)	0.938 (0.0325)	0.938 (0.0325)
Parent Grade*Born in South		1.034 (0.0418)		0.989 (0.0118)
Parent Occ*Born in South		1.027 (0.297)		1.069 (0.0804)
Own Grade*Born in South		0.919* (0.0391)		0.967* (0.0129)
Own Income*Born in South		0.944 (0.136)		1.060 (0.0344)
Constant	41.69** (44.68)	29.99** (34.19)	146.6** (41.24)	157.8** (48.65)
Observations	1762	1762	23,881	23,881

^**p < 0.01

^*p < 0.05.

Source: 1940 Census data linked to 2000 Census.

Notes: The sample is limited to return migrants for this analysis. Standard errors are in parentheses.