Table 7 Cox results for male household heads’ total duration (selected variables)

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

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Consensual union	0.896	0.920	0.924	0.925	0.925
	(0.062)	(0.063)	(0.063)	(0.064)	(0.063)
Never married	0.637***	0.662***	0.679***	0.679***	0.686***
	(0.072)	(0.084)	(0.086)	(0.086)	(0.088)
Once married but not now	0.796	0.804	0.807	0.795	0.808
	(0.140)	(0.148)	(0.154)	(0.154)	(0.157)
Num. of children under 18			1.026**
			(0.012)
Num. of daughters under 18				1.005
				(0.020)
Num. of sons under 18				1.046***
				(0.018)
Num. of children aged 5–8					1.043*
					(0.026)
Total num. of US trips	0.932***	0.932***	0.931***	0.931***	0.931***
	(0.004)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)	(0.005)
Log pseudolikelihood	–23,467.27	–23,221.83	–23,218.50	–23,217.32	–23,214.52
Num. of obs	3614	3614	3614	3614	3614

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

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