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Table 2 Estimates of the employment equation with LOC

From: Employment chances of immigrants and their children in Germany: does sense of personal control matter?

β D,α M

(1)

(2)

Intercept

−0, 75

−1, 41**

 

(−1.71, 0.23)

(−2.41, −0.39)

Age

0, 03**

0, 04**

 

(0.01, 0.05)

(0.02, 0.06)

Gender

−0, 57**

−0, 58**

 

(−0.70, −0.42)

(−0.72, −0.44)

Low education

−0, 4**

−0, 36**

 

(−0.59, −0.21)

(−0.55, −0.17)

High education

0, 27**

0, 26**

 

(0.10, 0.44)

(0.09, 0.42)

Immigrant

−0, 34**

 
 

(−0.62, −0.05)

 

Second generation

−0.11

 
 

(−0.31, 0.08)

 

Turkish immigrant

 

−0, 6**

  

(−1.02, −0.18)

Central European immigrant

 

−0, 06

  

(−0.60, 0.51)

EU15 immigrant

 

0.56

  

(−0.15, 1.26)

Turkish second generation

 

−0.41

  

(−0.85, 0.01)

Central European second generation

 

0, 32

  

(−0.29, 0.92)

EU15 second generation

 

0.18

  

(−0.28, 0.66)

German second generation

 

−0.11

  

(−0.36, 0.15)

Immigrant foreign language spoken at home

 

−0.47

  

(−1.13, 0.19)

Second generation foreign language spoken at home

 

−0.16

  

(−0.82, 0.49)

Marital status

0.02

0.09

 

(−0.13, 0.18)

(−0.08, 0.24)

Children under 16

0, 15**

0, 26**

 

(0.001, 0.29)

(0.11, 0.41)

LOC

0, 13**

0, 1**

 

(0.05, 0.21)

(0.02, 0.18)

  1. Note: 95 % Bayesian confidence intervals in brackets. These intervals contain 95 % of the posterior probability. If this interval contains 0, the effect measured by the parameter estimate is insignificant
  2. **Significance at the 95 % confidence level