Table 6 Logistic regression estimates predicting the probability of having a professional/managerial occupation among post-1991 Eastern European immigrants with an associate’s degree or higher, 2006–2009 ACS
From: Segmented socioeconomic adaptation of New Eastern European professionals in the United States
Predictor | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Odds ratio | B | Odds ratio | B | Odds ratio | B | Odds ratio | |
Length of stay | .067*** (.009) | 1.069 | .068*** (.009) | 1.071 | .066*** (.009) | 1.069 | .065*** (.010) | 1.068 |
Age | −.025*** (.005) | .975 | −.027*** (.004) | .973 | −.025*** (.005) | .975 | −.026*** (.005) | .974 |
Male | −.013 (.059) | .987 | −.005 (.056) | .995 | −.011 (.053) | .989 | .002 (.057) | 1.002 |
Married, spouse present | .101** (.030) | 1.107 | .094** (.029) | 1.098 | .102** (.030) | 1.108 | .104** (.034) | 1.110 |
U.S. Region (ref. = Northeast) | ||||||||
Midwest | −.113* (.077) | .893 | −.061* (.073) | .941 | −.113 (.076) | .893 | −.085 (.072) | .918 |
West | .165 (.095) | 1.179 | .111 (.085) | 1.118 | .166 (.091) | 1.181 | .158 (.097) | 1.171 |
South | .083 (.090) | 1.087 | .058 (.074) | 1.059 | .085 (.084) | 1.089 | .091 (.088) | 1.095 |
Survey year (ref. = 2006) | ||||||||
Survey year 2007 | −.048 (.080) | .954 | −.059 (.080) | .943 | −.048 (.080) | .953 | −.055 (.079) | .946 |
Survey year 2008 | .215* (.097) | 1.240 | .206* (.096) | 1.228 | .214* (.098) | 1.239 | .209* (.098) | 1.233 |
Survey year 2009 | .171* (.070) | 1.186 | .166* (.070) | 1.180 | .171* (.070) | 1.186 | .168* (.069) | 1.183 |
English proficiency | .528*** (.065) | 1.695 | .522*** (.064) | 1.686 | .528*** (.063) | 1.696 | .535*** (.065) | 1.707 |
Education | .807*** (.032) | 2.241 | .785*** (.030) | 2.193 | .806*** (.028) | 2.240 | .793*** (.028) | 2.210 |
Self-employment | −.358*** (.045) | .699 | −.357*** (.046) | .700 | −.361*** (.052) | .697 | −.365*** (.046) | .694 |
Country of origin (ref. = Ukraine) | ||||||||
Belarus | .168*** (.015) | 1.183 | ||||||
Bosnia/Herzegovina | −.202*** (.035) | .817 | ||||||
Bulgaria | .048 (.032) | 1.049 | ||||||
Poland | −.265*** (.021) | .767 | ||||||
Romania | .371*** (.034) | 1.450 | ||||||
Russia | .241*** (.006) | 1.273 | ||||||
Other | −.046 (.115) | .956 | ||||||
GDP per capita <$5000 | −.023 (.148) | .977 | ||||||
Personal freedom (ref. = free countries) | ||||||||
Partly free | −.074 (.157) | .928 | ||||||
Not free | .234 (.145) | 1.263 | ||||||
Constant | −12.251*** | −11.911*** | −12.234*** | −12.112*** | ||||
-2log likelihood | 365,680.07 | 363,335.35 | 365,672.02 | 364,734.34 | ||||
Model χ2 | 71,604.04*** | 73,948.76*** | 71,612.09*** | 72,549.77*** | ||||
Pseudo R2 | .27 | .28 | .27 | .27 | ||||
Degrees of freedom | 13 | 20 | 14 | 15 | ||||
N N before weighting | 322,201 14,570 | 322,201 14,570 | 322,201 14,570 | 322,201 14,570 | ||||