Table 12 Bivariate Tobit estimates, remittances equation by gender, urban and rural households

Age

0.1885

0.0496

0.0670

0.1701

(0.1981)

(0.2216)

(0.2226)

(0.1823)

Male

0.0489

1.2967

(1.0250)

(0.9041)

Household income per capita

−0.0003

−0.0001

−0.0017

0.0000

(0.0007)

(0.0007)

(0.0009)

(0.0005)

Poverty indicator

−2.1848*

−2.2761*

0.7878

−3.1085***

(1.0882)

(1.1517)

(1.3333)

(0.9103)

Rural

−0.8053

1.7174

(1.1290)

(1.2616)

HH age

0.1728***

0.1544***

0.1927***

0.1267***

(0.0302)

(0.0363)

(0.0341)

(0.0307)

HH female

4.1826***

4.4889***

3.0631**

4.5613***

(0.9948)

(0.9963)

(1.1255)

(0.8542)

HH married

−0.1532

−1.7226

−0.5232

−0.8319

(0.9006)

(0.9431)

(0.9779)

(0.8144)

Max education

0.1803

−0.1024

0.5475***

−0.1133

(0.1346)

(0.1295)

(0.1320)

(0.1178)

Children 0–5

0.6790

0.0531

0.0052

0.8532

(0.4637)

(0.5686)

(0.4413)

(0.4675)

Boys 6–17

0.6575

−0.6051

−0.9621*

0.7760

(0.4226)

(0.5321)

(0.4505)

(0.4281)

Girls 6–17

0.4343

1.2362**

−0.6108

1.6087***

(0.4625)

(0.4714)

(0.4899)

(0.3886)

Spanish first language

−0.2836

−0.8063

−3.1752***

5.1546

(1.3428)

(1.3997)

(0.8889)

(3.5112)

Wealth index

−1.7588**

−0.4324

−2.2230**

−1.4578

(0.6521)

(0.6794)

(0.7024)

(0.7888)

Share of households

59.1451***

78.4058***

123.3242***

53.6113**

Receiving remittances

(14.8499)

(15.7588)

(18.5647)

(16.8350)

Share*wealth

22.0506***

14.8830*

26.4385***

23.5423**

(6.3731)

(6.6495)

(6.9854)

(7.8643)

Constant

−32.0373***

−28.6078***

−35.1037***

−33.9478***

(3.5546)

(3.6442)

(4.0603)

(4.7715)

ρ ₁₂

0.3694*

0.3678*

1.2965***

0.6923

(0.1633)

(0.1577)

(0.1113)

(0.4437)