Table 6. Predictors of Voter Registration.
Mexican
Salvadoran/Guatemalan
B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E. B S.E.
Age
.097 .024*** .093 .024*** .097 .024***
.042 .035 .049 .036 .049 .036
Yrs. of education
.296 .077*** .298 .077*** .293 .077***
.091 .085 .055 .091 .055 .091
Household income (LT $12,000)
$12-$19,999
.270 .521 .278 .520 .267 .522
-.380 .823 .017 .844 .008 .845
$20-$29,999
.183 .499 .239 .497 .170 .500
.585 .855 .981 .880 .978 .880
$30-$49,999
.464 .494 .514 .492 .454 .495
.009 .811 .281 .826 .272 .826
$50-$69,999
.667 .566 .668 .564 .664 .567
-.021 .827 .185 .839 .175 .841
$70-$99,999
.907 .627 .918 .627 .898 .628
-.577 .838 -.471 .851 -.471 .851
$100,000+
.105 .641 .088 .643 .086 .644
-.100 1.053 .011 1.054 .013 1.053
Refused
.405 .605 .362 .605 .393 .606
.658 1.276 .597 1.278 .606 1.279
Months at current
Address
.001 .002 .001 .002 .001 .002
.004 .003* .005 .003* .005 .003*
Gender (Women)
.745 .255*** .741 .255*** .748 .255***
.414 .355 .619 .374* .622 .375*
Asked to support U.S.
candidate or party
.291 .281 .303 .281 .287 .282
1.128 .436** 1.186 .448*** 1.190 .449***
What country feels like home
(country of origin/ancestry)
Neither/not sure
-.572 .639 -.559 .640 -.566 .640
-1.371 1.070 -1.649 1.089 -1.661 1.091
U.S.
.381 .486 .379 .486 .380 .486
-.242 .870 -.489 .854 -.507 .555
Share of life in U.S.
2.520 1.208** 2.372 1.198** 2.502 1.210**
.145 1.432 -.548 1.483 -.536 1.485
One or both parents entered as
unauthorized migrants .455 .317 - - .466 .319
.648 .378 - - .069 .387
One or both parents
Naturalized
- - .043 .265 .087 .268
- - 1.358 .470*** 1.358 .470***
Constant
-8.803 1.820 -8.525 1.790 -8.796 1.819
-1.518 2.064 -1.787 2.134 -1.816 .719
N
506 648 506
262 262 262
-2 Log likelihood
428.622 430.749 428.517
223.790 215.627 215.596
R
2
.224 .218 .224
.152 .198 .198
Note: This analysis reports on the subset of IIMMLA respondents identified in Table 1.
Source: Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles Survey, 2004.
25