International migration desires related to subjective well-being

Cai, Ruohong; Esipova, Neli; Oppenheimer, Michael; Feng, Shuaizhang

doi:10.1186/2193-9039-3-8

Table 1 Logistic regression of international migration desire on SWB using individual level data

From: International migration desires related to subjective well-being

	International migration desire
	Model 1 (based on the Cantril question)			Model 2 (based on the life satisfaction question)
Variables	Coefficient	Robust SE	Pred. Prob.	Coefficient	Robust SE	Pred. Prob.
Subjective well-being
0			25.4%			30.3%
1	-0.106*	0.058	23.5%	-0.006	0.191	30.1%
2	-0.250***	0.053	21.0%	-0.335*	0.185	23.7%
3	-0.321***	0.050	19.8%	-0.316**	0.154	24.0%
4	-0.424***	0.049	18.3%	-0.450***	0.111	21.7%
5	-0.542***	0.051	16.6%	-0.644***	0.134	18.6%
6	-0.653***	0.055	15.1%	-0.838***	0.144	15.8%
7	-0.696***	0.056	14.5%	-0.923***	0.136	14.7%
8	-0.839***	0.061	12.8%	-1.009***	0.132	13.7%
9	-0.896***	0.069	12.2%	-1.264***	0.157	10.9%
10	-0.756***	0.067	13.8%	-1.119***	0.148	12.4%
Log (Household Income)	-0.009	0.009		-0.006	0.019
Relatives or Friends Abroad
No			13.8%			14.3%
Yes	0.689***	0.026	24.1%	0.528***	0.055	22.0%
Marital Status
Single/Never married			20.2%			21.0%
Married	-0.393***	0.025	14.6%	-0.501***	0.070	13.9%
Separated	-0.097**	0.041	18.7%	-0.083	0.126	19.7%
Divorced	-0.022	0.034	19.9%	0.019	0.112	20.7%
Widowed	-0.543***	0.044	12.9%	-0.429***	0.119	14.8%
Domestic partner	-0.181***	0.031	17.5%	-0.219***	0.078	17.6%
Education up to 8 years			14.8%			14.4%
9-15 years of education	0.208***	0.023	17.6%	0.206***	0.063	17.1%
a 4-year college degree	0.257***	0.040	18.3%	0.249***	0.086	17.7%
Gender
Male			18.2%			17.1%
Female	-0.245***	0.028	14.8%	-0.131***	0.031	15.3%
Age
<20			24.2%			24.8%
21 ~ 30	-0.089***	0.022	22.6%	-0.114	0.062	22.8%
31 ~ 40	-0.309***	0.030	19.0%	-0.325***	0.079	19.3%
41 ~ 50	-0.587***	0.040	15.1%	-0.551***	0.093	16.0%
51 ~ 60	-0.915***	0.046	11.3%	-0.790***	0.114	13.0%
61 ~ 70	-1.439***	0.060	7.0%	-1.304***	0.125	8.2%
71 ~ 80	-1.904***	0.082	4.5%	-1.847***	0.166	5.0%
>80	-1.484***	0.229	6.7%	-1.742***	0.302	5.5%
Family Size	0.011***	0.003		0.009	0.010
1			15.8%			15.7%
2			15.9%			15.9%
3			16.1%			16.0%
4			16.2%			16.1%
5			16.4%			16.3%
6			16.5%			16.4%
7			16.7%			16.5%
8			16.8%			16.6%
9			17.0%			16.8%
10			17.1%			16.9%
Respondent lives in
A rural area or on a farm			14.1%			14.1%
a small town or village	0.153***	0.023	16.0%	0.118**	0.057	15.6%
a large city	0.329***	0.030	18.6%	0.335***	0.066	18.6%
the suburb of a large city	0.313***	0.035	18.3%	0.248***	0.085	17.4%
Constant	-0.130	0.170		-1.380	0.239
Country dummies	Yes			Yes
Survey wave dummies	Yes			Yes
Number of Observations	423132			44714
Pseudo R²	0.1427			0.1455

Note: International migration desire is the binary dependent variable. SWB in Model 1 is represented by the responses to the Cantril question, and SWB in Model 2 is represented by the responses to the life satisfaction question. SWB is treated as a categorical variable. SWB = 0 ("worst possible life" or "dissatisfied") is used as the reference group. The independent variables without a coefficient mean that they are used as references (such as male). Robust standard errors are corrected for clustering at the country level. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01.

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