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Table 3 Factors affecting the decision to send remittances and their determinants

From: Migrants from marginal dry areas in Syria: destinations, employment, and returns

 

Coefficient

[95 % conf. interval]

Sending remittances

 Per capita owned land

0.0039314* (0.0021)

−0.00012

0.007987

 Gender of Household Head

0.1078534* (0.0556)

−0.00119

0.216898

 Number of livestock

0.0014896*** (0.0005)

0.000575

0.002405

 Migrant’s age

0.0103778*** (0.0015)

0.007496

0.013259

 Marital status

0.2187417*** (0.0275)

0.164812

0.272671

 Migrants’ level of education

0.0539073*** (0.0043)

0.045439

0.062376

Remittance amounts

 Household size

0.123203*** (0.0161)

0.09163

0.154776

 Zone

0.2457177*** (0.0321)

0.182748

0.308687

 Per capita owned land

0.1372131*** (0.0208)

0.09646

0.177966

 Number of livestock

0.0076023*** (0.0026)

0.002411

0.012794

 Migrant’s age

−0.0760842*** (0.0041)

−0.08409

−0.06808

 Migrants’ level of education

−0.2496008*** (0.0186)

−0.286

−0.21321

  1. Source: model results. LR test of indep. eqns. (rho = 0): χ 2 (1) = 11.6 Prob > χ 2 = 0.0007
  2. ***Significant at 1 %; **significant at 5 %; *significant at 10 %