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Table 5 Logistic regression with dependent variable nationality (N = 6255)
From: Immigrant citizenship status in Europe: the role of individual characteristics and national policies
| Odds ratios | Significance | |
|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | ||
| Age | 1.008 | |
| Female (ref. cat. = male) | 1.247 | ** |
| Marital status (ref. cat. = legally married or civil union) | ||
| - Legally separated, divorced, dissolved civil union | 0.938 | |
| - Living with partner | 0.501 | *** |
| - Single | 0.776 | ** |
| - Widowed, civil partner deceased | 1.099 | |
| Area of origin (ref. cat. = Asia) | ||
| - Eastern Europe | 1.402 | * |
| - Latin America | 1.676 | *** |
| - Middle East | 1.013 | |
| - North Africa | 1.309 | |
| - Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.824 | *** |
| Former colony | 1.040 | * |
| Human capital variables | ||
| Current economic situation (ref. cat. = in paid work) | ||
| - Homemaker or other | 0.732 | * |
| - In education | 0.857 | |
| - Retired, sick, disabled | 0.558 | ** |
| - Unemployed | 0.920 | |
| Perceived financial well-being (ref. cat. = comfortable) | ||
| - Sufficient | 0.726 | ** |
| - Difficult | 0.751 | * |
| - Very difficult | 0.519 | *** |
| Educational attainment (in years) | 1.062 | *** |
| Immigration variables | ||
| Years since migration | 1.091 | *** |
| 1.5 generation (ref. cat. = first generation) | 1.649 | *** |
| Status on entry (ref. cat. = work or study) | ||
| - Family reunion | 1.530 | *** |
| - Permanent-long term | 1.101 | |
| - Humanitarian | 1.299 | * |
| - Other legal status | 0.838 | |
| - Other illegal status | 0.669 | ** |
| National citizenship policies | ||
| 8 or 10 years of residence required for naturalisation (ref. cat. = 5 or 6 years) | 0.125 | *** |
| Toleration of dual citizenship | 1.014 | |
| Naturalisation rate | 1.386 | *** |
| Proportion of foreign citizens | 2.617 | *** |
