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Table 2 Matching variables by ethnicity and gende

From: Differences in the labor market entry of second-generation immigrants and ethnic Danes

 

Females

Males

 

Ethnic Danes

2nd-generation

Ethnic Danes

2nd-generation

 

All

West

Non-West

West

Non-West

All

West

Non-West

West

Non-West

Postal area employment rate:

       

<-60%

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.01

Test

   

-1.34

-0.68

   

-1.91

0.23

60-65%

0.00

0.01

0.03

0.01

0.03

0.00

0.01

0.03

0.01

0.04

Test

   

0.71

-0.98

   

-0.91

-2.06

65-70%

0.01

0.02

0.05

0.02

0.04

0.01

0.03

0.05

0.04

0.05

Test

   

0.63

0.56

   

-0.66

-0.82

70-75%

0.04

0.07

0.11

0.08

0.11

0.04

0.07

0.11

0.07

0.11

Test

   

-0.35

-0.78

   

0.23

-0.08

75-80%

0.20

0.26

0.29

0.26

0.28

0.18

0.27

0.28

0.27

0.28

Test

   

0.00

0.55

   

0.07

0.37

80-85%

0.39

0.39

0.34

0.40

0.34

0.39

0.36

0.35

0.35

0.34

Test

   

-0.18

0.31

   

0.18

0.61

85%->

0.35

0.24

0.19

0.24

0.19

0.37

0.26

0.17

0.25

0.17

Test

   

0.28

-0.09

   

0.46

0.20

  1. Note: The 3 groups for ethnic Danish females are All: all Ethnic Danes, West: Ethnic Danish twins matched to the second-generation Western females, Non-West: Ethnic Danish twins matched to the second-generation non-Western females. The 2 groups for 2nd-generation immigrants are West: second-generation immigrants with parents born in Western countries and Non-West: second-generation immigrants with parents born in non-Western countries. Test: test for equality of coefficient for ethnic Danish twins and their 2nd-generation comparable group. Source: Sample of young individuals, 1996-2003 (Statistics Denmark data).
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