Table 7 Oaxaca decomposition of the score gap between 2000 and 2009 for second-generation immigrants

Female

21.56

1.57^a

19.20

6.47^a

Age

−15.12

1.22^a

−12.56

5.05^b

SEI

0.51

0.06^a

0.96

0.26^a

Parents ‘education^c: tertiary

2.14

2.20

4.89

14.66

Parents’ education: compulsory

−0.14

2.62

−3.75

8.87

Family structure^d: single

−1.74

2.54

−12.73

10.11

Family Structure: mixed

−50.72

14.07^a

−6.22

14.20

Siblings (yes)

−14.10

2.31^a

−9.63

12.91

Less than 100 books at home

−39.08

2.05^a

−19.36

7.67^b

Foreign language at home

1.35

1.81

−22.44

7.55^a

Latin Switzerland

−16.35

1.98^a

−27.87

9.37^a

Country of origin^e: Germany, France, Austria, Belgium

34.60

4.43^a

0.20

14.13

Country of origin: Italy, Spain, Portugal

−9.07

2.24^a

−12.85

9.07

Country of origin: Albania, Kosovo, Ex Yugoslavia

−18.17

2.26^a

−8.23

11.40

Country of origin: Turkey

−14.90

3.27^a

−19.04

11.88

Public

−52.25

10.65^a

−33.84

19.58+

School size

0.05

0.002^a

0.02

0.01^a

Proportion of foreign language speakers 20–40%

−22.53

1.78^a

−26.94

8.11^a

Proportion of foreign language speakers >40%

−32.62

3.63^a

−79.71

9.91^a

Community size: village

−4.77

3.87

−80.95

18.36^a

Community size: small town

−8.56

2.40^a

−17.77

9.24+

Community size^f: town

−3.80

2.44

−3.59

9.68

Constant

796.46

23.32^a

726.92

85.27^a

R2

0.24

0.30

N

2031

604

(B) Decomposition

Total gap

13

100%

Explained

1

11%

Unexplained

12

89%