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Table 4 Cox model results for male household heads’ duration among all US trips

From: The determinants of Mexican migrants’ duration in the United States: family composition, psychic costs, and human capital

 

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Age

1.002

0.979**

0.980**

0.977**

 

(0.007)

(0.010)

(0.010)

(0.010)

Age squared

1.000

1.000

1.000

1.000*

 

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

(0.0001)

School

0.945***

0.946***

0.946***

0.949***

 

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

School squared

1.002*

1.002*

1.002*

1.002*

 

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

Consensual union

0.764***

0.764***

0.764***

0.768***

 

(0.037)

(0.037)

(0.037)

(0.037)

Never married

0.633***

0.638***

0.636***

0.670***

 

(0.080)

(0.082)

(0.082)

(0.086)

Once married but not now

0.675**

0.687**

0.683**

0.705**

 

(0.117)

(0.118)

(0.117)

(0.118)

Num. of children under 18

 

1.019**

  
  

(0.008)

  

Num. of adult children

 

0.975*

0.974*

0.978

  

(0.015)

(0.015)

(0.015)

Num. of daughters under 18

  

1.008

 
   

(0.012)

 

Num. of sons under 18

  

1.027**

 
   

(0.011)

 

Num. of children aged 0–4

   

1.069***

    

(0.013)

Num. of children aged 5–8

   

1.024**

    

(0.012)

Num. of children aged 9–12

   

1.031***

    

(0.012)

Num. of children aged 13–16

   

0.989

    

(0.013)

Num. of children aged 17–18

   

1.007

    

(0.021)

Num. of previous US trips

1.045***

1.045***

1.045***

1.045***

 

(0.003)

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.004)

Green card/citizen

0.883***

0.890***

0.889***

0.894***

 

(0.035)

(0.035)

(0.035)

(0.036)

Visa

2.118***

2.135***

2.134***

2.125***

 

(0.092)

(0.092)

(0.092)

(0.091)

IRCA

0.913***

0.923***

0.922***

0.941**

 

(0.023)

(0.024)

(0.024)

(0.024)

Mex US dist

0.9998***

0.9998***

0.9998***

0.9998***

 

(0.00003)

(0.00003)

(0.00003)

(0.00003)

Log pseudolikelihood

–139,830.5

–139,815.33

–139,815.18

–139,784.66

Num. of obs

17,052

17,052

17,052

17,052

  1. Source: Data are from the MMP. They cover 143 communities surveyed from 1982–2013
  2. ***Significant at 0.01; **significant at 0.05 level; *significant at 0.1 level. Standard errors are reported in parentheses