Table 9 Estimates of OLS regression models predicting logged personal income of post-1991 immigrants from Eastern Europe 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 | β | B | β | B | β | B | β | |
Constant | 3.144*** | 3.134*** | 3.142*** | 3.160*** | ||||
Length of stay | .022*** (.001) | .217 | .023*** (.001) | .224 | .022*** (.001) | .217 | .022*** (.001) | .221 |
Age | .001* (.000) | .027 | .001* (.001) | .027 | .001* (.000) | .027 | .001** (.001) | .030 |
Male | .219*** (.008) | .238 | .217*** (.008) | .236 | .218*** (.008) | .238 | .218*** (.008) | .238 |
Married, spouse present | .008 (.009) | .008 | .009 (.009) | .009 | .008 (.009) | .008 | .010 (.009) | .010 |
U.S. Region (ref. = Northeast) | ||||||||
Midwest | −.028* (.011) | −.025 | −.035** (.011) | −.032 | −.028* (.011) | −.025 | −.035** (.011) | −.032 |
West | −.013 (.011) | −.012 | −.016 (.011) | −.015 | −.013 (.011) | −.012 | −.012 (.011) | −.011 |
South | −.044*** (.011) | −.038 | −.051*** (.011) | −.043 | −.044*** (.011) | −.038 | −.046*** (.011) | −.039 |
Survey year (ref. = 2006) | ||||||||
Survey year 2007 | .026* (.012) | .025 | .026* (.012) | .024 | .026* (.012) | .025 | .026* (.012) | .025 |
Survey year 2008 | .066*** (.012) | .064 | .066*** (.012) | .064 | .066*** (.012) | .064 | .066*** (.012) | .064 |
Survey year 2009 | .074*** (.012) | .070 | .074*** (.012) | .071 | .074*** (.012) | .070 | .075*** (.012) | .071 |
English proficiency | .050*** (.006) | .093 | .045*** (.006) | .084 | .050*** (.006) | .093 | .048*** (.006) | .089 |
Education | .047*** (.004) | .107 | .047*** (.004) | .107 | .047*** (.004) | .107 | .047*** (.004) | .107 |
Professional/Managerial occupation | .198*** (.010) | .213 | .198*** (.010) | .212 | .198*** (.010) | .213 | .199*** (.010) | .214 |
Self-employed | −.091*** (.017) | −.063 | −.092*** (.017) | −.064 | −.091*** (.017) | −.063 | −.094*** (.017) | −.065 |
Country of origin (ref. = Ukraine) | ||||||||
Belarus | −.016 (.023) | −.006 | ||||||
Bosnia/Herzegovina | .034 (.018) | .015 | ||||||
Bulgaria | .045* (.019) | .023 | ||||||
Poland | .018 (.014) | .015 | ||||||
Romania | .078*** (.016) | .048 | ||||||
Russia | .011 (.012) | .011 | ||||||
Other | .032* (.014) | .024 | ||||||
GDP per capita <$5000 | .003 (.008) | .003 | ||||||
Personal freedom (ref. = free countries) | ||||||||
Partly free | −.035*** (.010) | −.035 | ||||||
Not free | −.034*** (.010) | −.034 | ||||||
R2 (adjusted) | .230 | .233 | .230 | .232 | ||||
F | 6521.66*** | 4402.27*** | 6087.17*** | 5746.52*** | ||||
N | 305,010 | 305,010 | 305,010 | 305,010 | ||||
N before weighting | 13,741 | 13,741 | 13,741 | 13,741 | ||||