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STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONS
Table 44: Statistically significant correlations in perceived competences in the GI vs.
G2 groups
generation * 7. Which language do you speak better? Cross tabulation
7. Which language do you speak
better?
. . Total
in un equall
Hungarian English ae y
Count 12 4 12 28
Oo; atthe
% within 42.9% 14.3% 42.9% 100.0%
1 | generation
Adjusted Re- 24 31 5
genera- sidual
tion Count 0 6 3 9
DL urtthi
% within .0% 66.7% 33.3% | 100.0%
2 | generation
Adjusted Re- 2.4 3.1 5
sidual
Count 12 10 15 37
Total % withi
% within 32.496 27.0% 40.5% 100.096
generation
As for participant-related language use, language use with the parents and
Hungarian-American friends have shown statistically significant correlations
with intergenerational affiliation. Language use tendencies with parents show
highly significant correlation with intergenerational affiliation at an adjusted
residual value of 4.1 and 3.6 (Table 45). While 85% of first-generation speakers
use Hungarian when speaking to their parents, only a minority, 22% of sec¬
ond-generation subjects do. The majority of second-generation (67%) speakers
claim to mix and alternate English and Hungarian languages when speaking
to their parents.
When speaking to Hungarian-American friends, language use tendencies
also reflect statistically significantly different patterns in Gl and G2 groups
at an adjusted residual value of 2.3. While the majority of G1 speakers (67%)
use Hungarian with their fellow Hungarian-American friends, the majority of
G2 subjects (22%) rely on mixing and alternating English and Hungarian as a
means of communication.