Table 2 Autoregressive cross-lagged panel analyses of immigrants’ labour market integration, inter-ethnic contact and high-position contact (standardised coefficients)
M1: Employment status | M2: Occupational status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
M1a | M1b | M2a | M2b | |
Employment status | Employment status | Occupational status | Occupational status | |
Cross-lagged paths (β and β′′) | ||||
Inter-ethnic contactt0/t1 (β) | 0.092 (0.031)* | 0.094 (0.061) | 0.921 (0.507)** | 0.859 (0.548)† |
High-position contactt0/t1 (β′′) | -0.010 (0.075) | 1.760 (0.610)** | ||
Autoregressive paths (α′) | ||||
Labour market integration t0/t1 | 1.177 (0.142)*** | 1.143 (0.147)*** | 0.894 (0.047)*** | 0.866 (0.047)*** |
Inter-ethnic contact | Inter-ethnic contact | Inter-ethnic contact | Inter-ethnic contact | |
Cross-lagged paths (γ) | ||||
Labour market integrationt0/t1 | 0.370 (0.180)* | 0.196 (0.119) | 0.004 (0.005) | 0.004 (0.006) |
Autoregressive paths (α) | ||||
Inter-ethnic contactt0/t1 | 0.268 (0.077)*** | 0.243 (0.077)*** | 0.313 (0.071)*** | 0.327 (0.070)*** |
High-position contact | High-position contact | High-position contact | High-position contact | |
Cross-lagged paths (γ′′) | ||||
Labour market integrationt0/t1 | -0.093 (0.143) | 0.007 (0.003)* | ||
Autoregressive paths (α′′) | ||||
High-position contactt0/t1 | 0.941 (0.091)*** | 0.288 (0.185)*** | ||
χ2 (df) | 293.10 (106)*** | 420.56 (172)*** | 161.84 (106)*** | 199.11 (165)* |
RMSEA | 0.063 | 0.082 | 0.054 | 0.038 |
CFI | 0.726 | 0.660 | 0.923 | 0.960 |
TLI | 0.606 | 0.596 | 0.888 | 0.937 |
N | 299 | 299 | 184 | 184 |