Table 2:
Odds ratios from logistic regression models examining the determinants of schooling progress among children in immigrant and US-born families.
| Immigrant families | US-born families | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |
| Family Type | ||||
| STEM | 0.41*** | 0.55*** | 0.44*** | 0.54*** |
| (0.015) | (0.026) | (0.001) | (0.012) | |
| Social Sciences | 0.45*** | 0.54*** | 0.45*** | 0.55*** |
| (0.024) | (0.03) | (0.001) | (0.014) | |
| Arts and Humanities | 0.54*** | 0.67*** | 0.49*** | 0.60*** |
| (0.044) | (0.060) | (0.003) | (0.022) | |
| Business | 0.51*** | 0.62*** | 0.46*** | 0.57*** |
| (0.025) | (0.032) | (0.002) | (0.013) | |
| Other | 0.61*** | 0.69*** | 0.52*** | 0.63*** |
| (0.042) | (0.051) | (0.002) | (0.018) | |
| Non-graduate families (Ref.) | - 1.00 - | - 1.00 - | - 1.00 - | - 1.00 - |
| Age | 1.14*** | 1.12*** | 1.10*** | 1.11*** |
| (0.007) | (0.007) | (0.001) | (0.004) | |
| Female | 0.80*** | 0.80*** | 0.74*** | 0.73*** |
| (0.016) | (0.016) | (0.001) | (0.009) | |
| Asian | 0.83** | 1.10 | ||
| (0.050) | (0.078) | |||
| Black | 1.06 | 1.27*** | ||
| (0.058) | (0.022) | |||
| Hispanic | 1.03 | 0.93* | ||
| (0.045) | (0.020) | |||
| Other | 0.78*** | 1.06*** | ||
| (0.051) | (0.029) | |||
| White (Ref.) | - 1.00 - | - 1.00 - | ||
| English proficient | 1.17*** | 0.75*** | ||
| (0.029) | (0.020) | |||
| 1.0 generation | 3.69*** | |||
| (0.172) | ||||
| 1.5 generation | 2.02*** | |||
| (0.067) | ||||
| 1.75 generation | 1.26*** | |||
| (0.045) | ||||
| Second generation (Ref.) | - 1.00 - | |||
| One immigrant parent | 1.06 | |||
| (0.034) | ||||
| Two immigrant parents (Ref.) | - 1.00 - | |||
| Single-parent family | 1.17** | 1.41*** | ||
| (0.081) | (0.062) | |||
| Married Household head | 0.97 | 1.11*** | ||
| (0.062) | (0.049) | |||
| Female household head | 0.93** | 0.90*** | ||
| (0.022) | (0.012) | |||
| Household head age | 0.99** | 1.00** | ||
| (0.002) | (0.001) | |||
| Foreign-educated immigrant parent | 1.07 | |||
| (0.051) | ||||
| Parent has a Phd. | 0.83 | 0.98 | ||
| (0.083) | (0.055) | |||
| Household head from Asia | 0.79*** | |||
| (0.045) | ||||
| Household head from Europe | 0.88*** | |||
| (0.048) | ||||
| Household head from other regions | - 1.00 - | |||
| Spouse from Asia | 0.96 | |||
| (0.047) | ||||
| Spouse from Europe | 0.77*** | |||
| (0.043) | ||||
| Spouse from other regions | - 1.00 - | |||
| Family income (log) | 0.94*** | 0.91*** | ||
| (0.005) | (0.028) | |||
| Family size | 1.09*** | 1.15*** | ||
| (0.008) | (0.005) | |||
| Constant | 0.02*** | 0.024*** | 0.03*** | 0.034*** |
| Log likelihood | −1511566.9 | −1472780 | −4239965 | −4182086.7 |
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001. Standard errors are in parenthesis.
Data source: 2013–2017 American Community Survey.