TABLE 6
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____________________Determinants of migration decision (logit model)____________________ | ||||
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Specif. Marginal and (1) fixed effects |
Specif. (2) |
Marginal and | ||
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Number of males in the hh. Number of females in the hh. Number of children in the hh. Most educated in the hh Age of hh. head (Age of hh.head)2 Religion (whether it is Muslim) Land owned (pae) [Land owned (pae)]2 Cattle owned (pae) [Cattle owned (pae)]2 Farm equipment owned Whether own tubewells N. of hhs. In the ‘bari’ Self-poor assessment % out-migrants in the village Regional dummy Constant |
0.698 (11.39)*** 0.189 (2.75)*** -0.115 (3.49)*** -0.044 -0.58 0.004 -0.18 0 -0.6 1.058 (6.53)*** -1.112 (3.31)*** -1.418 (5.69)*** -0.061 -0.64 0.282 -0.77 0.008 -1.38 -0.039 -0.37 4.401 (5.32)*** -1.076 (2.61)*** -3.887 _________(5.49)*** |
0.101 0.027 -0.017 -0.006 0.001 0.000 0.114 -0.160 -0.204 -0.009 0.044 0.001 -0.006 0.634 -0.154 |
0.707 (11.44)*** (2.80)*** -0.113 (3.41)*** -0.021 -0.27 -0.13 0 -0.52 1.077 (6.59)*** -1.622 (4.73)*** (3.67)*** -1.987 (6.39)*** (4.21)*** -0.039 -0.42 -1.42 -0.06 -0.58 4.42 (5.31)*** -1.106 (2.68)*** -3.879 (5.43)*** |
0.103 0.028 -0.016 -0.003 0.000 0.000 0.117 -0.236 0.056 -0.289 0.104 -0.006 0.031 0.001 -0.009 0.644 -0.159 |
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Observations 3404 3404 Pseudo R2 = 0.3352 0.3381 Chi2(2) = 22.45 Joint Sign.Land1 P = 0.000 Chi2(2) = 42.72 Joint Sign.Cattle2 P = 0.000 % of correct predicted probabilities 80.35% 80.55% Robust - statistics in parentheses; * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1% 1 Joint significance of land owned and land owned squared. 2 Joint significance of cattle owned and cattle owned squared.__________________________________________ | ||||
Other household characteristics have the expected sign in shaping the propensity to migrate,
although the educational variable included in the model (i.e. the education level of the most
educated person in the household) does not appear significant. This result would contradict
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