Table 7 Bivariate probit estimates of propensity to work by gender, urban and rural households

Remittance indicator

−0.9338*

−1.0764**

−1.4099***

−1.3881**

(0.4032)

(0.3446)

(0.2174)

(0.4722)

Age

0.1440***

0.1041***

0.1085***

0.1332***

(0.0191)

(0.0176)

(0.0176)

(0.0308)

Male

0.1666*

0.0588

(0.0805)

(0.0904)

Household income per capita

0.0001*

0.0001

0.0000

0.0001*

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

Poverty indicator

−0.0012

−0.0758

0.2814*

−0.4582***

(0.0964)

(0.0983)

(0.1153)

(0.0901)

Rural

0.9665***

0.8100***

(0.1039)

(0.0909)

HH age

0.0033

0.0025

0.0061

0.0002

(0.0036)

(0.0032)

(0.0032)

(0.0053)

HH female

0.0407

0.1686

0.0010

0.2568*

(0.1070)

(0.1020)

(0.0983)

(0.1225)

HH married

0.0828

0.1417

0.2497***

−0.1414

(0.0785)

(0.0772)

(0.0725)

(0.0749)

Max education

−0.0229

−0.0098

0.0067

−0.0374**

(0.0118)

(0.0117)

(0.0116)

(0.0122)

Children 0–5

0.0354

−0.0262

−0.0539

0.1333**

(0.0431)

(0.0424)

(0.0359)

(0.0489)

Boys 6–17

0.0162

0.0534

−0.0270

0.1435***

(0.0398)

(0.0410)

(0.0376)

(0.0421)

Girls 6–17

0.0701

0.1378***

0.0278

0.2005***

(0.0400)

(0.0360)

(0.0375)

(0.0384)

Spanish first language

−0.6804***

−0.7856***

−0.6529***

−0.4461

(0.0986)

(0.0981)

(0.0753)

(0.2624)

Wealth index

−0.0660**

−0.0763**

−0.0793***

0.0098

(0.0249)

(0.0272)

(0.0228)

(0.0344)

Constant

−2.2175***

−1.9548***

−1.5062***

−2.1299***

(0.2873)

(0.3022)

(0.2636)

(0.3416)

Number

2758

2593

2036

3315

χ ²

790.9926

766.8504

582.4423

396.2101