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Table 5 Does segregation affect life satisfaction?

From: (Why) are immigrants unhappy?

 

POLS

FE

Ethnic composition of neighbourhood

-0.284**

0.011

(subjective measure)

(0.091)

(0.152)

Number of obs.

1552

1552

Number of ind.

1117

1117

Ethnic composition of neighbourhood

-0.18

-0.122

(subjective measure), controlling for housing quality

(0.119)

(0.193)

Number of obs.

771

771

Number of ind.

622

622

Ethnic composition of neighbourhood

-0.025

0.06

(1–9 scale, ‘house’ level)

(0.02)

(0.08)

Number of obs.

1052

1052

Number of ind.

487

487

Ethnic composition of neighbourhood

0.002

 

(percent of foreigners, ‘pl8’ level)

(0.009)

 

Number of obs. (ind.)

540

 
  1. Note: Standard errors in parentheses (clustered at the individual level). * denotes significance at 5 %, ** at 1 % and *** at 0.1 %. Control variables as above. 'POLS' refers to a pooled ordinary least squares specification, 'FE' to fixed effects