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Table 4 Estimates of determinants of the locus of control

From: Employment chances of immigrants and their children in Germany: does sense of personal control matter?

γ

(1)

(2)

Age

0, 04**

0, 04**

 

(0.03, 0.04)

(0.03, 0.04)

Gender

−0.03

−0.04

 

(−0.15, 0.08)

(−0.16, 0.07)

Religion important

−0.03

−0.04

 

(−0.17, 0.1)

(−0.17, 0.10)

Low education in 1999

−0.03

−0.02

 

(−0.17, 0)

(−0.16, 0.12)

High education in 1999

0.16

0.17

 

(−0.02, 0.35)

(−0.02, 0.35)

Father highly educated

0

−0.01

 

(−0.19, 0.19)

(−0.20, 0.18)

Mother highly educated

0, 35**

0, 34**

 

(0.11, 0.59)

(0.10, 0.58)

In education in 1999

0, 22**

0, 15**

 

(0.05, 0.37)

(0.00, 0.30)

Immigrant

−0, 8**

 
 

(−1.38, −0.18)

 

Second generation

−0.23

 
 

(−0.44, 0)

 

Turkish immigrant

 

−0, 55**

  

(−1.72, −0.39)

Central European immigrant

 

−0.19

  

(−0.76, 0.38)

EU 15 immigrant

 

−0.6

  

(−1.39, 0.16)

Turkish second generation

 

−0, 55**

  

(−0.86, −0.22)

Central European second generation

 

0.02

  

(−0.37, 0.42)

EU15 second generation

 

−0.22

  

(−0.61, 0.15)

German second generation

 

−0.12

  

(−0.39, 0.15)

Immigrant foreign language spoken at home

 

−0.4

  

(−0.97, 0.18)

Sedond generation foreign language spoken at home

 

−0.1

  

(−0.74, 0.53)

Time stayed in Germany

0, 04**

0.03

 

(0.00, 0.07)

(−0.00, 0.07)

  1. Note: 95 % Bayesian confidence intervals in brackets. These intervals contain 95 % of the posterior probability. If this interval contains 0 the effect measured by the parameter estimate is insignificant
  2. **Significance at the 95 % confidence level