Table 9
Regression models on earnings, by age at landing

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Table 9
Regression models on earnings, by age at landing
Table summary
This table displays the results of Regression models on earnings 0 to 5 years of age at landing, 6 to 12 years of age at landing, 13 to 17 years of age at landing, Model 1 and Model 2, calculated using log earnings and value units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  0 to 5 years of age at landing 6 to 12 years of age at landing 13 to 17 years of age at landing
Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
log earnings
Intercept 10.307Note *** 9.698Note *** 10.421Note *** 9.121Note *** 10.453Note *** 9.608Note ***
Business class 0.047 0.053 -0.036 -0.013 -0.062Note ** -0.062Note **
Live-in caregiver class -0.099 -0.011 -0.249Note ** -0.011 -0.339Note *** -0.168Note **
Family class -0.128Note *** 0.005 -0.157Note *** -0.013 -0.167Note *** -0.033Note *
Government-assisted refugees -0.077Note ** -0.051 -0.098Note *** -0.003 -0.131Note *** -0.046
Privately sponsored refugees -0.012 -0.008 -0.066Note ** -0.050 -0.020 0.001
Refugees landed in Canada -0.331Note *** -0.129 -0.444Note *** -0.147Note *** -0.218Note *** -0.027
Other refugees and humanitarian class -0.256Note *** -0.033 -0.205Note *** -0.026 -0.193Note *** -0.012
Others -0.037 0.050 -0.046 -0.003 -0.036 0.000
Class not identified -0.041 0.015 -0.054Note *** -0.015 -0.116Note *** -0.058Note ***
Years since immigration Note ...: not applicable 0.044Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.034Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.033Note ***
Female Note ...: not applicable -0.215Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.221Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.286Note ***
English or French mother tongue Note ...: not applicable -0.026 Note ...: not applicable 0.013 Note ...: not applicable 0.057Note ***
Visible minority Note ...: not applicable 0.007 Note ...: not applicable -0.002 Note ...: not applicable -0.049Note *
Less than high school Note ...: not applicable -0.336Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.413Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.521Note ***
High-school graduation Note ...: not applicable -0.292Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.318Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.387Note ***
Some postsecondary education Note ...: not applicable -0.118Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.189Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.282Note ***
Bachelor's degree Note ...: not applicable -0.004 Note ...: not applicable -0.022 Note ...: not applicable -0.029
Caribbean Note ...: not applicable -0.194Note ** Note ...: not applicable 0.155Note ** Note ...: not applicable -0.055
Central and South America Note ...: not applicable 0.003 Note ...: not applicable 0.234Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.016
Northern Europe Note ...: not applicable 0.074 Note ...: not applicable 0.194Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.035
Western Europe Note ...: not applicable -0.006 Note ...: not applicable 0.127Note * Note ...: not applicable -0.057
Southern Europe Note ...: not applicable 0.157Note * Note ...: not applicable 0.249Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.063
Eastern Europe Note ...: not applicable 0.058 Note ...: not applicable 0.256Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.075
Africa Note ...: not applicable -0.081 Note ...: not applicable 0.257Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.027
South Asia Note ...: not applicable -0.028 Note ...: not applicable 0.279Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.061
Southeast Asia Note ...: not applicable 0.014 Note ...: not applicable 0.293Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.141Note *
East Asia Note ...: not applicable -0.022 Note ...: not applicable 0.204Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.011
West Asia Note ...: not applicable -0.019 Note ...: not applicable 0.248Note *** Note ...: not applicable -0.005
Oceania and other Note ...: not applicable -0.052 Note ...: not applicable 0.205Note ** Note ...: not applicable 0.027
Family market income at entry (logged) Note ...: not applicable 0.001 Note ...: not applicable 0.069Note ** Note ...: not applicable 0.069Note **
Family income growth Note ...: not applicable 0.041 Note ...: not applicable -0.021 Note ...: not applicable 0.068Note ***
Fathers with university degree at landing Note ...: not applicable -0.064 Note ...: not applicable -0.072 Note ...: not applicable -0.197Note ***
Fathers not speaking English or French Note ...: not applicable -0.039 Note ...: not applicable 0.013 Note ...: not applicable -0.099Note ***
Source-country gross domestic product per capita (logged) Note ...: not applicable -0.003 Note ...: not applicable 0.027Note *** Note ...: not applicable 0.021Note ***
  value
R squared 0.005 0.160 0.008 0.177 0.006 0.193
... not applicable
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)

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Note **

significantly different from reference category (p<0.01)

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Note ***

significantly different from reference category (p<0.001)

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Notes: Model 2 also controls for geographic region of residence and 12 occupation categories. The sample size is 17,286 for 0 to 5 years of age, 32,213 for 6 to 12 years of age, and 28,765 for 13 to 17 years of age. The reference group is 'skilled workers' for immigration class, 'male' for sex, '13 to 17 years' for age at landing, 'other mother tongues' for mother tongue, 'graduate degree' for educational attainment, and 'United States' for source region.
Source: Statistics Canada, authors' calculations based on data from the 2011 National Household Survey and Immigrant Landing File linkage.
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