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Table 6 OLS regressions, first-generation immigrants

From: Trust of second-generation immigrants: intergenerational transmission or cultural assimilation?

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

Trust in the home country

0.845***

0.534***

0.313**

 

(0.106)

(0.120)

(0.157)

Australia X trust in the home country

−0.471***

−0.104

0.064

 

(0.129)

(0.140)

(0.183)

Country: 0 = US, 1 = Australia

0.462***

0.398**

0.371*

 

(0.119)

(0.172)

(0.203)

R-squared

0.099

0.139

0.140

Observations

8,226

8,226

8,226

Time fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Age and age squared

Yes

Yes

Yes

Other individual controls

No

Yes

Yes

Home-country characteristics

No

No

Yes

  1. Levels of significance: *: 10% **: 5% ***: 1%.
  2. Sample: first-generation immigrants residing in the United States or in Australia. Note: standard errors (clustered at the individual level) in parentheses. The additional controls are as in Table 2.
  3. Source: HILDA 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 and GSS 1978–2010.
  4. Dependent variable: Most people can be trusted (0: No; 1: Yes).