Question

This article examines martial patterns and use of mother tongue at home among native-born Asian Americans using the 2005-2007 American Community Survey 3-Year Public Use Microdata Sample. There are variations in mother-tongue use across Asian ethnic groups, but variations among different types of marriage are even greater. Those who marry within their ethnicity (in-married) have a greater likelihood of mother -tongue use at home than those who intermarry. Among the in-married, those having a 1.5 and first-generation co-ethnic spouses are far more likely to use a mother tongue than those having native-born, co-ethnic partners. Results of logistic regression analyses indicate that marital patterns are the strongest predictor of mother-tongue use at home, and that ethnic variations in mother-tongue use are significantly reduced when marital patterns are taken into account.

1. Based on the above abstract, an independent variable in this study is_______.

2. Based on the above abstract, the dependent variable in this study is_______.

Answer 1

• Marital patterns would be the independent variable.
• Use of mother tongue would be the dependent variable.
• Since this study is studying how marital patterns including marrying within one's own ethnicity to marrying in a different ethnicity is affecting the use of mother tongue among partners.
• An independent variable is the variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment to test the effects on the dependent variable. A dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in a scientific experiment.