Time for tolerance: exploring the influence of learning institutions on the recognition of political rights among immigrants

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 5 Predicting political tolerance: alternative index

	Model 1	Model 2
Time in Sweden (log)	3.5 (2.3)	1.2 (2.3)
Post-migration education		0.2 (0.3)
Labour market position (Employed = ref.)
Weak labour force attachment		−4.3 (2.5)*
Pensioner		−2.5 (4.5)
Associational activity (log)		−0.4 (0.6)
Political participation (log)		6.0 (1.3)***
Constant	90.8	86.8
N	696	696
R²	0.035	0.067

Entries are ordinary least-squares (OLS) estimates with standard errors in parenthesis. The sample is weighted to be representative of people who have immigrated to Sweden. The alternative political tolerance index (cf. Table 4 in Appendix) utilised in this analysis includes items referring to three more groups: ‘left-wing extremists’, ‘right-wing extremists’ and ‘racists’. All control variables (cf. Table 1 above) are also included in the respective regression equations, but not reported here. The dependent variable political tolerance runs from 0 (no group is politically tolerated) to 100 (all seven groups are politically tolerated)
Statistical significance: ***p < .01, *p < .10