Table 9 Correlates of attitudes towards illegal immigration, baseline specification, labor force split of sample

Age

−0.019^c

−0.016^c

−0.015^c

−0.015^c

−0.016^c

−0.014^c

−0.016^c

−0.014^c

−0.016^c

−0.013^c

[0.003]

[0.002]

[0.003]

[0.002]

[0.003]

[0.002]

[0.003]

[0.002]

[0.003]

[0.003]

Age squared

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

0.000^c

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

Female dummy

0.037^c

0.029^c

0.002

0.016^a

0.002

0.015

0.002

0.016^a

0.003

0.018^a

[0.009]

[0.010]

[0.009]

[0.010]

[0.009]

[0.010]

[0.009]

[0.010]

[0.009]

[0.010]

Black dummy

0.071^c

0.089^c

0.012

0.032

−0.005

0.031

0

0.038

0.002

0.048

[0.020]

[0.030]

[0.020]

[0.035]

[0.019]

[0.032]

[0.022]

[0.031]

[0.021]

[0.033]

Latino dummy

0.235^c

0.207^c

0.223^c

0.220^c

0.213^c

0.200^c

0.204^c

0.199^c

0.205^c

0.204^c

[0.020]

[0.035]

[0.025]

[0.039]

[0.025]

[0.038]

[0.024]

[0.039]

[0.023]

[0.041]

Immigrant origin

0.019^b

0.038^c

0.012^a

0.025^c

0.013^a

0.027^c

0.015^b

0.024^c

0.016^b

0.027^c

[0.007]

[0.010]

[0.007]

[0.009]

[0.007]

[0.008]

[0.007]

[0.008]

[0.007]

[0.008]

Education

0.050^c

0.038^c

0.045^c

0.034^c

0.044^c

0.033^c

0.044^c

0.033^c

0.044^c

0.035^c

[0.004]

[0.008]

[0.004]

[0.008]

[0.004]

[0.008]

[0.004]

[0.008]

[0.004]

[0.008]

Income

0

0

0.005^c

0.003

0.005^c

0.002

0.005^c

0.002

0.006^c

0.002

[0.002]

[0.003]

[0.002]

[0.003]

[0.001]

[0.003]

[0.001]

[0.003]

[0.002]

[0.003]

Conservative (100 pt)

−

–

−0.006^c

−0.005^c

−0.005^c

−0.005^c

−0.005^c

−0.005^c

−0.005^c

−0.005^c

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

[0.000]

Party id (3 pt)

–

–

−0.056^c

−0.038^c

–

–

–

–

–

–

[0.009]

[0.012]

Party id (7 pt)

–

–

–

–

−0.030^c

−0.020^c

−0.031^c

−0.021^c

−0.031^c

−0.021^c

[0.004]

[0.005]

[0.004]

[0.005]

[0.004]

[0.005]

ABC dummy

−0.019

−0.082^c

0.004

−0.073^c

0.002

−0.075^c

0.005

−0.074^c

−0.003

−0.079^c

[0.021]

[0.021]

[0.021]

[0.023]

[0.020]

[0.023]

[0.020]

[0.023]

[0.021]

[0.026]

CNN dummy

−0.036

−0.068^b

−0.066^c

−0.092^c

−0.071^c

−0.102^c

−0.070^c

−0.099^c

−0.075^c

−0.098^c

[0.023]

[0.027]

[0.022]

[0.026]

[0.021]

[0.024]

[0.020]

[0.024]

[0.021]

[0.025]

FOX News dummy

−0.259^c

−0.235^c

−0.104^c

−0.093^c

−0.091^c

−0.089^c

−0.090^c

−0.086^c

−0.097^c

−0.089^c

[0.016]

[0.023]

[0.018]

[0.026]

[0.017]

[0.025]

[0.017]

[0.026]

[0.018]

[0.027]

PBS dummy

0.231^c

0.224^c

0.160^c

0.142^c

0.150^c

0.130^c

0.148^c

0.131^c

0.146^c

0.134^c

[0.028]

[0.030]

[0.030]

[0.031]

[0.028]

[0.033]

[0.028]

[0.034]

[0.029]

[0.038]

NBC dummy

−0.008

0.001

0.002

0.008

0.002

0.002

0.001

0.006

−0.005

0.004

[0.024]

[0.020]

[0.025]

[0.021]

[0.024]

[0.020]

[0.024]

[0.020]

[0.026]

[0.021]

MSNBC dummy

0.062^b

0.003

0.007

−0.044^a

0.006

−0.048^a

0.004

−0.041

0.001

−0.048^a

[0.031]

[0.031]

[0.028]

[0.027]

[0.026]

[0.027]

[0.027]

[0.027]

[0.028]

[0.028]

Other network dummy

0.066

−0.111^b

0.053

−0.096^b

0.058

−0.072

0.055

−0.071

0.056

−0.07

[0.043]

[0.045]

[0.046]

[0.047]

[0.043]

[0.045]

[0.044]

[0.047]

[0.046]

[0.048]

No evening news dummy

−0.093^c

−0.131^c

−0.03

−0.062^c

−0.024

−0.063^c

−0.025

−0.063^c

−0.029

−0.067^c

[0.019]

[0.020]

[0.020]

[0.024]

[0.020]

[0.023]

[0.020]

[0.023]

[0.021]

[0.025]

Population density (county level)

–

–

–

–

0.026^c

0.025^b

0.028^c

0.028^b

0.032^c

0.026^b

[0.008]

[0.011]

[0.010]

[0.012]

[0.007]

[0.011]

Fraction of illegal immigrants (state level)

–

–

–

–

0.005

0.010^c

–

–

–

–

[0.003]

[0.003]

Fraction of legal immigrants (state level)

–

–

–

–

−0.001

−0.002^a

–

–

–

–

[0.001]

[0.001]

Sate fixed effects

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

DMA fixed effects

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Pseudo R-squared

0.09

0.08

0.17

0.15

0.18

0.15

0.18

0.16

0.19

0.17

Observations

12,294

6334

12,294

6334

12,958

6623

12,958

6623

12,928

6573