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Table 9 Dependent variable - Risk attitudes - by gender with factors

From: Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity

Independent variables

Driving

Financial

Leisure

Career

Health

MALES

Constant

0.011 (0.908)

-1.468* (0.841)

2.717*** (0.879)

-1.183 (0.965)

2.089** (0.890)

Ethnic Persistence Factor

-0.225* (0.125)

0.064 (0.110)

-0.166 (0.117)

-0.121 (0.125)

0.025 (0.117)

Assimilation Factor

0.028 (0.132)

0.177* (0.100)

0.357*** (0.091)

0.289*** (0.106)

0.016 (0.106)

Foreign nationality

-0.192 (0.140)

-0.140 (0.122)

-0.505*** (0.124)

-0.434*** (0.134)

-0.221* (0.128)

Foreign nationality * born in Germany

-0.184 (0.313)

0.291 (0.270)

0.072 (0.283)

0.108 (0.305)

-0.518** (0.261)

R-squared

0.11

0.10

0.18

0.14

0.07

No. of observations

8,672

8,886

8,819

8,261

8,913

FEMALES

Independent variables 

Driving

Financial

Leisure

Career

Health

Constant

-0.796 (0.822)

-0.086 (0.673)

4.031*** (0.790)

-0.524 (0.858)

2.466*** (0.803)

Ethnic Persistence Factor

-0.124 (0.090)

-0.027 (0.081)

-0.201** (0.094)

-0.407*** (0.095)

-0.265*** (0.100)

Assimilation Factor

0.059 (0.095)

0.033 (0.091)

0.163* (0.097)

0.256** (0.106)

-0.032 (0.102)

Foreign nationality

-0.434*** (0.120)

-0.173 (0.105)

-0.542*** (0.109)

-0.362*** (0.119)

-0.048 (0.123)

Foreign nationality * born in Germany

0.210 (0.314)

0.385 (0.259)

0.252 (0.291)

0.150 (0.305)

0.325 (0.272)

R-squared

0.13

0.07

0.18

0.19

0.06

No. of observations

8,889

9,538

9,456

8,635

9,606

  1. a Robust standard errors in parentheses clustered at the household level.
  2. b OLS regressions include additional controls for age, years of education, marital status, total net household income in 10,000 s Euros and body height.
  3. * significant at 10%; ** at 5%; *** at 1%.