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Table 6 Distribution of control variables

From: ‘With a little help from my educated friends’: revisiting the role of social capital for immigrants’ labour market integration in Germany

 

Employment status

Occupational Status

Range

Mean/%

Range

Mean/%

Structural indicators

Work experience (in years)

0–33.4

10.155 (0.466)

1–33.4

12.130 (0.588)

Education (in years)

7–18

11.633 (0.138)

7–18

11.78 (0.176)

Length of stay in Germany (in years)

6–44

20.98 (0.549)

6–44

22.32 (0.713)

Socio-cultural indicators

German language competence

1–5

3.210 (0.027)

1–5

3.185 (0.031)

Socio-demographic indicators

Gender, female

 

58.9% (0.027)

 

52.1% (0.036)

Partner

 

88.4% (0.017)

 

91.3% (0.020)

Children

0–8

1.269 (0.069)

0–5

1.231 (0.082)

Country of birth

Turkey

 

21.3% (0.022)

 

16.6% (0.027)

Europe

 

52.6% (0.027)

 

62.3% (0.035)

Other

 

26.0% (0.024)

 

20.9% (0.029)

Opportunity structure

Social activities

1–3

1.884 (0.020)

1–3

5.008 (0.075)

Ethnic residential segregation

3–6

0.884 (0.017)

3–6

1.931 (0.029)

N

299

184

  1. Standard errors are in parentheses; results are presented for t0 as an example
  2. Source: SOEP (2006), own calculations