Educational attainment as measured in years of respondents, their parents, and intergenerational change by national origin group and survey source in analysis
| . | Parents . | Respondents . | Change Across Generations . | Regression . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Mean . | Var. . | N . | Mean . | Var. . | N . | Mean . | Var. . | Beta . | SE . |
| IIMMLA: Mexican (MX) | 9.7 | 18.3 | 399 | 13.3 | 5.7 | 462 | 3.5 | –12.6 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
| Salvadoran (SV) | 11.7 | 15.5 | 82 | 14.1 | 3.6 | 94 | 2.3 | –11.8 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Guatemalan (GT) | 11.4 | 17.4 | 52 | 14.0 | 3.9 | 58 | 2.6 | –13.5 | –0.06 | 0.06 |
| Chinese (CN) | 15.2 | 18.0 | 145 | 16.5 | 3.2 | 152 | 1.2 | –14.7 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| Korean (KR) | 15.3 | 9.8 | 162 | 16.1 | 4.0 | 169 | 0.8 | –5.8 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Vietnamese (VN) | 13.4 | 15.5 | 107 | 15.8 | 3.6 | 117 | 2.4 | –11.9 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| Filipino (PH) | 15.7 | 5.0 | 187 | 15.5 | 3.4 | 189 | –0.2 | –1.6 | 0.29 | 0.06 |
| ISGMNY: China (CN) | 13.1 | 19.2 | 86 | 16.0 | 2.8 | 90 | 2.9 | –16.4 | 0.14 | 0.04 |
| Colombian (CO) | 13.4 | 8.4 | 37 | 14.6 | 3.2 | 39 | 1.2 | –5.2 | 0.19 | 0.09 |
| Dominican (DO) | 11.6 | 13.3 | 114 | 14.2 | 5.2 | 122 | 2.5 | –8.2 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| Ecuadorian (EC) | 12.5 | 11.6 | 57 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 59 | 1.3 | –7.7 | 0.19 | 0.07 |
| Jamaican (JM) | 13.9 | 4.5 | 32 | 14.9 | 3.3 | 34 | 1.0 | –1.2 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| Puerto Rican (PR) | 11.7 | 8.8 | 137 | 13.1 | 5.6 | 146 | 1.4 | –3.2 | 0.02 | 0.07 |
| CILS: Laotian (LA) | 10.7 | 15.4 | 37 | 13.6 | 3.0 | 40 | 2.9 | –12.5 | –0.08 | 0.07 |
| Filipino (PH) | 14.9 | 2.2 | 320 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 309 | –0.3 | 0.2 | 0.33 | 0.06 |
| Thai (TH) | 8.1 | 16.2 | 32 | 13.2 | 2.4 | 35 | 5.1 | –13.8 | 0.03 | 0.08 |
| Vietnamese (VN) | 11.4 | 12.7 | 88 | 14.8 | 3.2 | 88 | 3.5 | –9.5 | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| Mexican (MX) | 10.4 | 12.3 | 259 | 13.4 | 3.0 | 251 | 3.0 | –9.3 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Cuban (CU) | 13.2 | 6.5 | 524 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 521 | 1.2 | –3.0 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
| Dominican (DO) | 12.9 | 11.2 | 37 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 37 | 0.7 | –7.7 | 0.19 | 0.09 |
| Haitian (HT) | 12.1 | 10.8 | 46 | 14.5 | 1.8 | 48 | 2.4 | –9.0 | –0.03 | 0.06 |
| Jamaica (JM) | 14.3 | 4.7 | 44 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 46 | 0.9 | –1.3 | 0.23 | 0.12 |
| Nicaraguan (NI) | 13.9 | 8.3 | 74 | 14.3 | 3.2 | 73 | 0.4 | –5.1 | 0.15 | 0.07 |
| Colombian (CO) | 13.5 | 4.5 | 71 | 14.3 | 3.4 | 72 | 0.8 | –1.2 | 0.34 | 0.10 |
| NELS: Mexican (MX) | 11.6 | 4.6 | 326 | 13.3 | 2.1 | 375 | 1.8 | –2.5 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
| Cuban (CU) | 15.0 | 9.0 | 35 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 39 | –0.3 | –5.3 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| Puerto Rico (PR) | 12.9 | 7.3 | 73 | 13.4 | 1.7 | 79 | 0.5 | –5.6 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Indian (IN) | 18.2 | 4.2 | 48 | 16.3 | 2.4 | 50 | –1.9 | –1.9 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
| Chinese (CN) | 15.6 | 11.6 | 96 | 15.6 | 2.4 | 108 | 0 | –9.1 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Filipino (PH) | 15.6 | 6.3 | 49 | 15.0 | 4.1 | 55 | –0.6 | –2.2 | 0.37 | 0.11 |
| Korean (KR) | 16.1 | 8.7 | 60 | 15.3 | 2.9 | 65 | –0.8 | –5.9 | 0.24 | 0.07 |
| Comparison Groups With Native Parents | ||||||||||
| NH white (NHW): NELS | 14.3 | 7.4 | 6,477 | 14.2 | 3.4 | 6,797 | –0.2 | –4.0 | 0.28 | 0.01 |
| ISGMNY | 15.3 | 8.2 | 246 | 15.5 | 5.8 | 249 | 0.1 | –2.4 | 0.41 | 0.05 |
| IIMMLA | 15.0 | 7.6 | 309 | 14.8 | 5.2 | 318 | –0.2 | –2.4 | 0.31 | 0.04 |
| NH black (BLK): ISGMNY | 13.7 | 6.9 | 229 | 13.5 | 4.6 | 249 | –0.2 | –2.3 | 0.28 | 0.05 |
| NELS | 13.7 | 6.3 | 714 | 13.6 | 2.8 | 779 | 0 | –3.6 | 0.16 | 0.02 |
| IIMMLA | 14.0 | 6.5 | 294 | 13.8 | 3.7 | 312 | –0.1 | –2.7 | 0.22 | 0.04 |
| Mexican 3rd gen. (MX3): IIMMLA | 12.9 | 4.9 | 271 | 13.4 | 4.2 | 289 | 0.5 | –0.7 | 0.39 | 0.05 |
| Puerto Rican (PR3): ISGMNY | 12.4 | 5.9 | 50 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 53 | 0.7 | –0.4 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
| . | Parents . | Respondents . | Change Across Generations . | Regression . | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | Mean . | Var. . | N . | Mean . | Var. . | N . | Mean . | Var. . | Beta . | SE . |
| IIMMLA: Mexican (MX) | 9.7 | 18.3 | 399 | 13.3 | 5.7 | 462 | 3.5 | –12.6 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
| Salvadoran (SV) | 11.7 | 15.5 | 82 | 14.1 | 3.6 | 94 | 2.3 | –11.8 | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| Guatemalan (GT) | 11.4 | 17.4 | 52 | 14.0 | 3.9 | 58 | 2.6 | –13.5 | –0.06 | 0.06 |
| Chinese (CN) | 15.2 | 18.0 | 145 | 16.5 | 3.2 | 152 | 1.2 | –14.7 | 0.15 | 0.03 |
| Korean (KR) | 15.3 | 9.8 | 162 | 16.1 | 4.0 | 169 | 0.8 | –5.8 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Vietnamese (VN) | 13.4 | 15.5 | 107 | 15.8 | 3.6 | 117 | 2.4 | –11.9 | 0.09 | 0.05 |
| Filipino (PH) | 15.7 | 5.0 | 187 | 15.5 | 3.4 | 189 | –0.2 | –1.6 | 0.29 | 0.06 |
| ISGMNY: China (CN) | 13.1 | 19.2 | 86 | 16.0 | 2.8 | 90 | 2.9 | –16.4 | 0.14 | 0.04 |
| Colombian (CO) | 13.4 | 8.4 | 37 | 14.6 | 3.2 | 39 | 1.2 | –5.2 | 0.19 | 0.09 |
| Dominican (DO) | 11.6 | 13.3 | 114 | 14.2 | 5.2 | 122 | 2.5 | –8.2 | 0.10 | 0.05 |
| Ecuadorian (EC) | 12.5 | 11.6 | 57 | 13.8 | 4.0 | 59 | 1.3 | –7.7 | 0.19 | 0.07 |
| Jamaican (JM) | 13.9 | 4.5 | 32 | 14.9 | 3.3 | 34 | 1.0 | –1.2 | 0.06 | 0.15 |
| Puerto Rican (PR) | 11.7 | 8.8 | 137 | 13.1 | 5.6 | 146 | 1.4 | –3.2 | 0.02 | 0.07 |
| CILS: Laotian (LA) | 10.7 | 15.4 | 37 | 13.6 | 3.0 | 40 | 2.9 | –12.5 | –0.08 | 0.07 |
| Filipino (PH) | 14.9 | 2.2 | 320 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 309 | –0.3 | 0.2 | 0.33 | 0.06 |
| Thai (TH) | 8.1 | 16.2 | 32 | 13.2 | 2.4 | 35 | 5.1 | –13.8 | 0.03 | 0.08 |
| Vietnamese (VN) | 11.4 | 12.7 | 88 | 14.8 | 3.2 | 88 | 3.5 | –9.5 | 0.11 | 0.05 |
| Mexican (MX) | 10.4 | 12.3 | 259 | 13.4 | 3.0 | 251 | 3.0 | –9.3 | 0.05 | 0.03 |
| Cuban (CU) | 13.2 | 6.5 | 524 | 14.4 | 3.5 | 521 | 1.2 | –3.0 | 0.19 | 0.03 |
| Dominican (DO) | 12.9 | 11.2 | 37 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 37 | 0.7 | –7.7 | 0.19 | 0.09 |
| Haitian (HT) | 12.1 | 10.8 | 46 | 14.5 | 1.8 | 48 | 2.4 | –9.0 | –0.03 | 0.06 |
| Jamaica (JM) | 14.3 | 4.7 | 44 | 15.2 | 3.4 | 46 | 0.9 | –1.3 | 0.23 | 0.12 |
| Nicaraguan (NI) | 13.9 | 8.3 | 74 | 14.3 | 3.2 | 73 | 0.4 | –5.1 | 0.15 | 0.07 |
| Colombian (CO) | 13.5 | 4.5 | 71 | 14.3 | 3.4 | 72 | 0.8 | –1.2 | 0.34 | 0.10 |
| NELS: Mexican (MX) | 11.6 | 4.6 | 326 | 13.3 | 2.1 | 375 | 1.8 | –2.5 | 0.09 | 0.04 |
| Cuban (CU) | 15.0 | 9.0 | 35 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 39 | –0.3 | –5.3 | 0.06 | 0.11 |
| Puerto Rico (PR) | 12.9 | 7.3 | 73 | 13.4 | 1.7 | 79 | 0.5 | –5.6 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Indian (IN) | 18.2 | 4.2 | 48 | 16.3 | 2.4 | 50 | –1.9 | –1.9 | 0.30 | 0.10 |
| Chinese (CN) | 15.6 | 11.6 | 96 | 15.6 | 2.4 | 108 | 0 | –9.1 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| Filipino (PH) | 15.6 | 6.3 | 49 | 15.0 | 4.1 | 55 | –0.6 | –2.2 | 0.37 | 0.11 |
| Korean (KR) | 16.1 | 8.7 | 60 | 15.3 | 2.9 | 65 | –0.8 | –5.9 | 0.24 | 0.07 |
| Comparison Groups With Native Parents | ||||||||||
| NH white (NHW): NELS | 14.3 | 7.4 | 6,477 | 14.2 | 3.4 | 6,797 | –0.2 | –4.0 | 0.28 | 0.01 |
| ISGMNY | 15.3 | 8.2 | 246 | 15.5 | 5.8 | 249 | 0.1 | –2.4 | 0.41 | 0.05 |
| IIMMLA | 15.0 | 7.6 | 309 | 14.8 | 5.2 | 318 | –0.2 | –2.4 | 0.31 | 0.04 |
| NH black (BLK): ISGMNY | 13.7 | 6.9 | 229 | 13.5 | 4.6 | 249 | –0.2 | –2.3 | 0.28 | 0.05 |
| NELS | 13.7 | 6.3 | 714 | 13.6 | 2.8 | 779 | 0 | –3.6 | 0.16 | 0.02 |
| IIMMLA | 14.0 | 6.5 | 294 | 13.8 | 3.7 | 312 | –0.1 | –2.7 | 0.22 | 0.04 |
| Mexican 3rd gen. (MX3): IIMMLA | 12.9 | 4.9 | 271 | 13.4 | 4.2 | 289 | 0.5 | –0.7 | 0.39 | 0.05 |
| Puerto Rican (PR3): ISGMNY | 12.4 | 5.9 | 50 | 13.2 | 5.5 | 53 | 0.7 | –0.4 | 0.13 | 0.14 |
Notes: Regression coefficients are adjusted for age. Coefficients that are significant at the .05 level or higher are in bold.