Table 2.

Math and Science Identity and Efficacy by Race/Ethnicity/Immigrant Status and Destination in Grade 11

	Math identity			Math efficacy			Science identity			Science efficacy
Subsample	M	SE		M	SE		M	SE		M	SE
Race/ethnicity/immigrant generation
White	−0.013	0.016		−0.023	0.015		0.059	0.015		0.036	0.018
Black	0.023	0.044		0.134a	0.059		−0.078a	0.035		0.130	0.050
Mexican-origin (all)	−0.052	0.035		−0.066	0.043		−0.192a	0.040		−0.206a	0.043
Mexican-origin first generation	0.033	0.082		0.002	0.091		−0.239a	0.098		−0.318a	0.090
Mexican-origin second/2.5 generation	0.057	0.066		0.006	0.076		−0.109a	0.071		−0.155a	0.065
Mexican-origin 3+ generation	−0.101	0.083		−0.075	0.107		−0.216a	0.064		−0.074	0.101
Mexican-origin unknown generation	−0.178a	0.055		−0.169	0.076		−0.255a	0.086		−0.320a	0.069	↓
Destination
Established destination	−0.028	0.033		−0.013	0.032		−0.083	0.031		−0.054	0.037
New destination	−0.048	0.026	↓	−0.018	0.024		−0.023	0.025		0.030	0.032
Other destination	0.012	0.020		0.007	0.023		0.037a	0.018		0.036b	0.024
Race/ethnicity/immigrant generation by destination
White–Established destination	−0.020	0.058		0.031	0.043	↓	0.030	0.042		0.107	0.060
White–New destination	−0.040	0.028		−0.022	0.025		0.060	0.024		0.063	0.031
White–Other destination	0.002	0.021		−0.035	0.021		0.066	0.020	↓	0.008	0.022
Black–Established destination	−0.157	0.088		−0.050	0.111		−0.100	0.071		−0.043	0.064
Black–New destination	0.038	0.064	↓	0.085	0.076		−0.169c	0.081		0.112	0.102
Black–Other destination	0.095	0.059		0.239c	0.075		−0.025	0.042		0.218	0.057
Mex. origin first gen.–Established destination	0.200	0.114		0.020	0.143		−0.077	0.184		−0.311c	0.136
Mex. origin first gen.–New destination	−0.034	0.137		0.235	0.135		−0.395c	0.106		−0.378c	0.153
Mex. origin first gen.–Other destination	−0.258c	0.102	↓	−0.172	0.130		−0.434c	0.072		−0.246	0.221
Mex. origin second/2.5 gen.–Established destination	0.115	0.077		0.043	0.085		−0.059	0.085		−0.143c	0.077
Mex. origin second/2.5 gen.–New destination	−0.153	0.137		−0.248	0.232		−0.359c	0.136		−0.374c	0.222
Mex. origin second/2.5 gen.–Other destination	−0.153	0.140		0.035	0.178		−0.190	0.136		0.063	0.224
Mex. origin 3+ gen.–Established destination	−0.073	0.096		−0.074	0.132		−0.251c	0.077		−0.031	0.124
Mex. origin 3+ gen.–New destination	−0.277	0.189		0.024	0.143		−0.201	0.184		−0.250	0.237
Mex. origin 3+ gen.–Other destination	−0.127	0.139		−0.156	0.160	↑	−0.029	0.096		−0.225c	0.140
Mex. origin unknown gen.–Established destination	−0.119	0.065	↑	−0.114	0.097		−0.234c	0.108		−0.308c	0.088	↓
Mex. origin unknown gen.–New destination	−0.404c	0.100		−0.299c	0.122		−0.331c	0.137		−0.352c	0.130
Mex. origin unknown gen.–Other destination	−0.258	0.117		−0.444c	0.115		−0.291c	0.088	↓	−0.365c	0.093

Note. ↑ = grade 11 math/science identity/efficacy was significantly higher than in grade 9 at p < .05; ↓ = grade 11 math/science measure was significantly lower than in grade 9 at p < .05.

^asignificantly different from White youth at p < .05.

^bsignificantly different from youth in established destinations at p < .05.

^csignificantly different from White youth in established destinations at p < .05.

Source was the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, High School Longitudinal study of 2009, 2013 Update and High School Transcripts Restricted-use Data File.