Table 4 OLS regressions of economic characteristics for immigrants to the USA, age 25 to 64, interaction of race with years in the USA

From: Transnational social mobility of minorities: a comparative analysis of 14 immigrant minority groups

		Household income	SEI	Wage
Brazil	Years in the USA	0.009**	0.059	0.014**
	Race[Blacks]	−0.043	0.165	− 0.112
	Years in the USA*[Blacks]	−0.012^†	0.033	0.008
	R ²	0.06	0.26	0.28
	N	5446	5446	3735
Canada (English)	Years in the USA	0.002	−0.074**	−0.001
	Race[Blacks]	−0.329**	1.144	−0.243**
	Years in the USA*[Blacks]	0.009^†	−0.261**	−0.009
	R ²	0.19	0.33	0.24
	N	12,521	12,521	12,227
Canada (French)	Years in the USA	0	−0.068^†	0
	Race[Blacks]	− 0.474**	−3.541	−1.699***
	Years in the USA*[Blacks]	0.017	0.31	0.097**
	R ²	0.21	0.24	0.27
	N	5345	5345	3377
UK	Years in the USA	0.005**	0.016	0.003*
	Race[Blacks]	−0.23*	−3.102**	−0.326**
	Years in the USA*[Blacks]	−0.002	−0.002	0.006
	R ²	0.11	0.29	0.29
	N	21,727	21,727	15,140
France	Years in the USA	0.004	−0.056	−0.002
	Race[Blacks]	−0.405*	−6.565***	−0.314^†
	Years in the USA*[Blacks]	−0.045*	0.24	−0.021
	R ²	0.32	0.51	0.29
	N	4203	4203	3949
Germany	Years in the USA	0.005** (0.001)	0.016 (0.017)	0.003* (0.001)
	Race[Black]	−0.23* (0.101)	−3.102** (1.169)	−0.326** (0.092)
	Years in the USA*[Blacks]	−0.002 (0.008)	−0.002 (0.091)	0.006 (0.007)
	R ²	0.11	0.29	0.29
	N	21,727	21,727	15,140

Sources: 1980, 1990, and 2000 US censuses together with 2005–2009 ACS surveys. Note: All calculations were made with weights. Wage and socioeconomic index are among those working. Additional covariates included in model but not shown here are as follows: age, age², sex, marital status, number of children, education, level of mastering English, citizenship, and year of survey
^†p ˂ .10; *p ˂ .05; **p ˂ .01; ***p ˂ .001

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