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Table 1 Results for the Effect of Immigrant Parent Characteristics on Second Generation Outcomes (Women)

From: Immigrants and gender roles: assimilation vs. culture

 

Education

Fertility

Annual Hours

Mother's Source Country:

   

Female Number of Children

−0.908***

0.324**

−27.652

 

(0.251)

(0.132)

(81.023)

Female Years of Schooling

0.031

0.013

−9.163

 

(0.035)

(0.016)

(9.657)

Female Annual Work Hours

0.050*

−0.035***

0.314***

 

(0.030)

(0.013)

(0.077)

Father's Source Country:

   

Female Number of Children

−0.258

0.079

88.788

 

(0.350)

(0.130)

(67.338)

Male Years of Schooling

0.265***

−0.041***

22.582***

 

(0.033)

(0.014)

(7.690)

Female Annual Work Hours

−0.016

0.005

0.157**

 

(0.038)

(0.014)

(0.063)

r squared

0.128

0.093

0.008

N

34,141

34,141

34,141

  1. Source: Blau et al. (2013)
  2. Notes: *p < .10, **p < .05, ***p < .01. Standard errors are clustered by parent's source country (mother then father) crossed with which census(es) provided the data. Regressions are weighted using CPS sampling weights adjusted so that each year receives equal weight. Regressions include controls for age (quadratic), family type (immigrant father and native mother; immigrant mother and native father, with the omitted category being both parents immigrants), and year fixed effects
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