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Probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and children, excluding British/French/Canadian groups

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Probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and children, excluding British/French/Canadian groups: Part 1


Table summary
This table displays the results of probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and children immigrant parents and 1.5 generation, immigrant parents and second generation, canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations and parents, calculated using parents, children and coefficient units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Immigrant parents and 1.5 generation Immigrant parents and second generation Canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations
Parents Children Parents Children Parents Children
  coefficient
Variables  
Fathers and sons  
Earnings differential 0.811  Note *** 0.902  Note *** 0.644  Note *** 1.120  Note *** 2.010  Note *** 1.409  Note ***
Group unemployment rate 3.567 0.322 2.678  Note * -0.316 1.153 -0.049
Group population share -0.963 -0.238 -0.634 -0.829  Note * 0.752  Note ** 0.614
Number of children present 0.025 0.002 0.039  Note ** -0.010 -0.030  Note * -0.012
Homeowners -0.008 -0.013 0.004 -0.065  Note * -0.175  Note *** -0.123  Note ***
No diploma/certificate -0.158  Note ** 0.055 -0.161  Note *** 0.108 -0.236  Note *** 0.027
Non-university diploma 0.098 0.143  Note *** 0.028 0.128  Note *** 0.219  Note *** 0.184  Note ***
Bachelor degree 0.029 0.042 -0.082 0.007 -0.201  Note *** 0.033
Degree in medicine 1.002  Note *** 0.942  Note *** 0.997  Note *** 0.792  Note *** 0.876  Note *** 0.962  Note ***
Graduate degree -0.172  Note * 0.097 -0.322  Note *** -0.058 -0.542  Note *** -0.123  Note *
Years of Canadian experience 0.072  Note *** 0.083  Note *** 0.054  Note *** 0.070  Note *** 0.051  Note *** 0.086  Note ***
Canadian experience squared -0.002  Note ** -0.002  Note *** -0.001  Note *** -0.001  Note *** -0.001  Note *** -0.002  Note ***
Married 0.036 0.242  Note *** 0.187  Note * 0.231  Note *** 0.179  Note ** 0.380  Note ***
English/French mother tongue -0.167  Note *** -0.116  Note *** -0.103  Note ** -0.100  Note *** -0.054  Note * -0.427  Note ***
Years of foreign experience 0.008  Note * Note ...: not applicable 0.006  Note ** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Speaks neither English nor French -0.357  Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.395  Note *** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Mothers and daughters  
Earnings differential 0.186 1.844  Note *** -0.032 2.088  Note *** 0.055 1.059  Note ***
Group unemployment rate 0.238 -0.376 -0.549 -0.940 -0.396 -1.104
Group population share -1.406 -1.310  Note ** -1.809  Note ** -0.761 -0.114 -0.493
Number of children present 0.026 0.028  Note * 0.105  Note *** -0.0008 0.064  Note *** 0.048  Note ***
Homeowners 0.154 0.105  Note ** 0.081  Note * 0.010 0.193  Note *** 0.117  Note ***
No diploma/certificate -0.112  Note * 0.411  Note *** -0.104  Note ** 0.031 -0.021 -0.049
Non-university diploma 0.086 0.484  Note *** 0.033 0.237  Note *** 0.070  Note * 0.158  Note ***
Bachelor degree -0.097 0.475  Note *** -0.057 0.086  Note * 0.056 0.034
Degree in medicine 0.662  Note ** 0.399  Note ** 1.308  Note *** -0.323  Note * 1.472  Note *** 0.656  Note ***
Graduate degree -0.064 0.336  Note *** 0.012 -0.073 0.051 0.015
Years of Canadian experience 0.032  Note * 0.156  Note *** 0.035  Note ** 0.093  Note *** 0.021  Note * 0.096  Note ***
Canadian experience squared -0.001 -0.004  Note *** -0.0006 -0.003  Note *** -0.0005 -0.003  Note ***
Married 0.179  Note * 0.074  Note ** 0.054 0.328  Note *** 0.173  Note *** 0.137  Note ***
English/French mother tongue 0.093 0.076  Note * -0.011 0.089  Note *** 0.010 0.191  Note **
Years of foreign experience 0.003 Note ...: not applicable -0.0001 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Speaks neither English nor French -0.274  Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.204  Note *** Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Diagnostic statistics  
Fathers and sons  
Number of observations 14,528 39,685 37,129 54,391 47,672 49,536
Pseudo R-squared 0.103 0.067 0.092 0.052 0.062 0.052
Mothers and daughters  
Number of observations 15,004 36,162 26,429 51,030 35,667 44,564
Pseudo R-squared 0.102 0.083 0.098 0.071 0.026 0.054
p<0.05            
p<0.01            
p<0.001            
Note(s): "Renter" is the reference for the homeownership variable; "high school graduate certificate" is the reference for education; "not married" is the reference for marital status; and "neither English nor French" is the reference for mother tongue.            
             
... not applicable

Probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and children, excluding British/French/Canadian groups: Part 2


Table summary
This table displays the results of probit regressions on the likelihood of self-employment for parents and children immigrant parents and 1.5 generation, immigrant parents and second generation and canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations
  Immigrant parents and 1.5 generation Immigrant parents and second generation Canadian-born parents and third-and-higher generations
Control variables  
Fathers and sons  
Ethnic group fixed effects Included Included Included
Geographic location effects Included Included Included
Mothers and daughters  
Ethnic group fixed effects Included Included Included
Geographic location effects Included Included Included
p<0.05      
p<0.01      
p<0.001      
Note(s): "Renter" is the reference for the homeownership variable; "high school graduate certificate" is the reference for education; "not married" is the reference for marital status; and "neither English nor French" is the reference for mother tongue.      
       
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
***
p<0.001
Note(s):
"Renter" is the reference for the homeownership variable; "high school graduate certificate" is the reference for education; "not married" is the reference for marital status; and "neither English nor French" is the reference for mother tongue.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981 Canadian Census of Population and 2006 Canadian Census of Population.
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