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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 10 Expectations to go to university (probit estimates)—first- and second-generation students in upper secondary school with both parents born abroad

From: Cultural persistence or change? Gender differences in educational expectations of first and second-generation immigrants in Italy

Variables

Females

Males

Coeff. (std. errs.)

I

Coeff. (std. errs.)

II

Coeff. (std. errs.)

III

Coeff. (std. errs.)

IV

Coeff. (std. errs.)

V

Coeff. (std. errs.)

VI

North-East

− 0.104 (0.119)

− 0.111 (0.112)

− 0.092 (0.121)

− 0.137 (0.103)

− 0.131 (0.104)

− 0.119 (0.104)

North-West

− 0.025 (0.123)

− 0.028 (0.124)

− 0.008 (0.125)

− 0.202** (0.104)

− 0.292** (0.104)

− 0.179* (0.106)

Center

− 0.226* (0.129)

− 0.240* (0.132)

− 0.246* (0.131)

− 0.141 (0.111)

− 0.138 (0.111)

− 0.137 (0.111)

Isles

0.067 (0.156)

0.040 (0.158)

0.049 (0.160)

0.067 (0.225)

0.130 (0.207)

0.140 (0.207)

Arrived before 2003a

− 0.199 (0.169)

− 0.183 (0.180)

− 0.184 (0.169)

0.137 (0.161)

0.123 (0.162)

0.105 (0.159)

Arrived in 2003/2007a

− 0.164 (0.161)

− 0.149 (0.163)

− 0.145 (0.161)

0.064 (0.148)

0.051 (0.149)

0.037 (0.147)

Arrived in 2008/2014a

− 0.248 (0.162)

− 0.218 (0.335)

− 0.218 (0.163)

0.263* (0.152)

0.245* (0.153)

0.244* (0.151)

Arrived in 2015a

− 0.134 (0.356)

− 0.141 (0.364)

− 0.124 (0.364)

0.351 (0.353)

0.352 (0.349)

0.348 (0.349)

School year

0.262*** (0.042)

0.260*** (0.042)

0.253*** (0.042)

0.206*** (0.037)

0.208*** (0.038)

0.205*** (0.037)

Family wealth

− 0.072 (0.099)

− 0.079 (0.092)

− 0.085 (0.095)

− 0.106 (0.07)

− 0.110* (0.070)

− 0.105 (0.07)

Working father

0.136 (0.099)

0.123 (0.975)

0.124 (0.098)

− 0.054 (0.103)

− 0.051 (0.103)

− 0.05 (0.103)

Working mother

− 0.039 (0.096)

− 0.034 (0.094)

− 0.079 (0.098)

0.092 (0.092)

0.093 (0.092)

0.073 (0.095)

Father’s education

‘-190*** (0.063)

0.183*** (0.062)

0.184*** (0.063)

0.148** (0.064)

0.146** (0.063)

0.156** (0.063)

Mother’s education

0.193*** (0.064)

0.190*** (0.063)

0.189*** (0.063)

0.150** (0.057)

0.150** (0.057)

0.146** (0.056)

BigMun

0.123 (0.094)

0.143 (0.094)

0.131 (0.094)

0.526*** (0.089)

0.520*** (0.089)

0.518*** (0.089)

ENR-90

− 0.0003 (0.004)

− 0.003 (0.003)

− 0.004 (0.004)

0.006* (0.004)

0.008* (0.004)

0.007* (0.004)

GDP-90

 

0.03** (0.017)

0.03*(0.02)

 

− 0.02 (0.01)

− 0.02* (0.01)

GII-95

  

− 0.618*(0.349)

  

− 0.388 (0.351)

Marginal effects

      

Father’s education

0.076*** (0.025)

0.073*** (0.025)

0.073** (0.025)

0.044** (0.019)

0.043** (0.019)

0.047** (0.019)

Mother’s education

0.077*** (0.025)

0.076*** (0.025)

0.075*** (0.025)

0.044** (0.017)

0.045** (0.017)

0.044** (0.017)

ENR’90

− 0.0001 (0.001)

− 0.001 (0.001)

− 0.246* (0.139)

0.002* (0.001)

0.002* (0.001)

− 0.116 (0.105)

No. observations

2737

2737

2737

2485

2485

2485

Wald (no. parameters)

128.49 (22)

132.21 (23)

137.55 (26)

151.26 (22)

151.27 (23)

632.02 (26)

LL

-18,203.812

-18,154.384

-18,112.512

-15,806.16

-15,787.789

-15,769.864

Pseudo-R2

0.079

0.081

0.083

0.092

0.093

0.094

  1. Variables are defined in Table 1. *Statistically significant at 10% level; **statistically significant at 5% level; *** statistically significant at 1% level. Robust standard errors. Weighted analyses. aThe excluded dummy is “Second Generation”