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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Ethn Migr Stud. 2019 May 3;46(18):3762–3784. doi: 10.1080/1369183x.2019.1592873

Table 5.

Ordinary least squares coefficients of models predicting Total Net Worth (assets minus debt), by sex

Men Women All
Marital Status (ref=accompanied married) Marital Status (ref=single) Marital Status (ref=accompanied married man)
 Unmarried 0.01
(0.06)		  Marr. 0.07
(0.07)		  Unacc. marr. man 0.14 **
(0.05)
 Unacc. married 0.13 **
(0.05)		  Marr. woman −0.02
(0.04)
 Single woman −0.05
(0.06)
 Single man 0.08*
(0.05)
Children
 Minor at home 0.00
(0.05)		 −0.05
(0.05)		 0.00
(0.04)
 Minor abroad −0.05
(0.05)		 0.01
(0.05)		 0.20
(0.30)
Age 0.02
(0.02)		 0.00
(0.02)		 0.20
(0.10)
 Age squared 0.00
(0.00)		 0.00
(0.00)		 0.00
(0.00)
Low Education −0.01
(0.04)		 −0.02
(0.04)		 −0.02
(0.03)
Years in NC 0.00
(0.01)		 0.00
(0.01)		 0.00
(0.00)
Internal Migrant 0.05
(0.04)		 −0.02
(0.04)		 0.02
(0.03)
Speaks English well 0.07
(0.07)		 −0.01
(0.09)		 0.03
(0.06)
Undocumented 0.06
(0.07)		 0.10
(0.07)		 0.09 *
(0.05)
HH earnings (log) 0.01
(0.02)		 0.00
(0.02)		 0.01
(0.01)
Paid in cash −0.02
(0.05)		 −0.04
(0.06)		 −0.03
(0.04)
Long time horizon 0.04
(0.04)		 0.15 ***
(0.05)		 0.09 ***
(0.03)
Intercept 9.90 ***
(0.28)		 10.17 ***
(0.29)		 −3.10
(3.70)
R square 0.05 0.06 0.06
***

p<.01

**

p<.05

*

p<.10