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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 second-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.
