Table 3 Autoregressive cross-lagged panel analyses of immigrants’ labour market integration, intra-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′′) | ||||
Intra-ethnic contactt0/t1 (β) | −0.056 (0.058) | −0.074 (0.055) | −0.794 (0.572) | −0.876 (0.556) † |
High-position contactt0/t1 (β′′) | −0.027 (0.079) | 1.990 (0.517)*** | ||
Autoregressive paths (α) | ||||
Labour market integrationt0/t1 | 1.136 (0.145)*** | 1.123 (0.144)*** | 0.895 (0.047)*** | 0.862 (0.047)*** |
Intra-ethnic contact | Intra-ethnic contact | Intra-ethnic contact | Intra-ethnic contact | |
Cross-lagged paths (γ) | ||||
Labour market integrationt0/t1 | −0.175 (0.183) | −0.089 (0.140) | −0.002 (0.005) | −0.002 (0.005) |
Autoregressive paths (α′) | ||||
Intra-ethnic contactt0/t1 | 0.278 (0.097)** | 0.399 (0.047)*** | 0.381 (0.068)*** | 0.384 (0.068)*** |
High-position contact | High-position contact | High-position contact | High-position contact | |
Cross-lagged paths (γ′′) | ||||
Labour market integrationt0/t1 | 0.075 (0.193) | 0.012 (0.008)* | ||
Autoregressive paths (α′′) | ||||
High-position contactt0/t1 | 0.830 (0.160)*** | 0.623 (0.061)*** | ||
χ2 (df) | 301.29 (106)*** | 424.98 (172)*** | 162.01 (106)*** | 231.80 (165)*** |
RMSEA | 0.081 | 0.083 | 0.054 | 0.047 |
CFI | 0.626 | 0.645 | 0.920 | 0.928 |
TLI | 0.565 | 0.578 | 0.885 | 0.903 |
N | 299 | 299 | 184 | 184 |