Educated Yet Unhealthy? Diminished Returns of Education for Immigrants in the USA

Table 5.

Summary of Linear Regression betweenEducation and Number of Chronic Medical Conditions by Immigration Status


	B	Std. Error	Beta	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	Sig

Immigrant	-.779	.266	-.159	-1.301	-.256	.003

Ethnicity (Hispanic)	-.203	.056	-.053	-.313	-.093	<.001

Race (Black)	-.163	.058	-.038	-.277	-.050	.005

Working	-.406	.040	-.142	-.485	-.327	<.001

Married	-.142	.039	-.050	-.218	-.066	<.001

Age (Years)	.034	.001	.388	.032	.037	<.001

Sex (Female)	.029	.038	.010	-.046	.103	.451

Years of Schooling	-.070	.009	-.113	-.088	-.052	<.001

Years of Schooling x Immigrant	.049	.023	.113	.003	.094	.035

Dependent Variable: Number of Chronic Medical Conditions