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Table 2 Regression model: attachment to the place of residence

From: Your heart is where your roots are? Place attachment and belonging among Polish and Lithuanian returnees

Variable

Coefficient (standard errors in parentheses)

Spent more than five years, but less than ten years in the UK (ref: spent over a year, but less than five years)

− 0.095 (0.232)

Spent more than ten years in the UK (ref: spent over a year, but less than five years)

0.362 (0.277)

Years since return to LT/PL

0.063* (0.032)

Returned to city/town of previous residence (ref: no)

0.987*** (0.209)

Difficulties after return: lack of a social network/friends (ref: no)

− 0.635** (0.230)

Reason for return: family-related reasons (ref: no)

0.287 (0.189)

Reason for return: missing home country (ref: no)

1.193*** (0.194)

Difficulties after return: feeling different from others (ref: no)

− 1.955*** (0.218)

Owns property in LT/PL (ref: no)

0.517**(0.203)

Inactive in LT/PL (ref: employed)

0.515 (0.347)

Unemployed in LT/PL (ref: employed)

0.174 (0.240)

Prefers services and benefits in country of origin

0.176***(0.056)

Male (ref: female)

− 0.145 (0.219)

Age in years

− 0.039*(0.015)

Educational level (ISCED)

− 0.038 (0.059)

Has a British legal status, including citizenship, permanent residency, settled status and/or pre-settled status

− 0.341 (0.219)

Cons

6.934***(0.627)

N

634

Adjusted R-squared

0.2923

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001