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Table 8 Cox results for male household heads’ duration - interactions between adult children and children under 18 (selected variables)

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

 

All US trips

  

The last trip

  
 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Num. of adult children

0.993

0.980

 

0.997

0.993

 
 

(0.019)

(0.019)

 

(0.018)

(0.019)

 

Num. of adult daughters

  

1.031

  

0.967

   

(0.027)

  

(0.031)

Num. of adult sons

  

0.964*

  

0.982

   

(0.021)

  

(0.024)

Num. of daughters under 18

1.010

 

1.012

1.014

 

1.007

 

(0.012)

 

(0.012)

(0.017)

 

(0.017)

Num. of sons under 18

1.035***

 

1.036***

1.045***

 

1.043***

 

(0.012)

 

(0.012)

(0.016)

 

(0.017)

Num. of daughters under 18 × num. of adult children

0.997

  

0.997

  
 

(0.006)

  

(0.008)

  

Num. of sons under 18 × num. of adult children

0.988*

  

0.984*

  
 

(0.006)

  

(0.009)

  

Num. of daughters under 18 × num. of adult daughters

  

0.988

  

1.010

   

(0.010)

  

(0.013)

Num. of sons under 18 × num. of adult daughters

  

0.978**

0.984*

 

0.978*

   

(0.010)

(0.009)

 

(0.013)

Num. of children aged 0–4

 

1.074***

  

1.047*

 
  

(0.013)

  

(0.025)

 

Num. of children aged 5–8

 

1.022*

  

1.046*

 
  

(0.012)

  

(0.025)

 

Num. of children aged 9–12

 

1.038***

  

1.064**

 
  

(0.013)

  

(0.028)

 

Num. of children aged 13–16

 

0.995

  

0.996

 
  

(0.015)

  

(0.033)

 

Num. of children aged 0–4 × num. of adult children

 

0.971**

  

0.918***

 
  

(0.014)

  

(0.024)

 

Num. of children aged 5–8 × num. of adult children

 

1.007

  

1.029

 
  

(0.010)

  

(0.018)

 

Num. of children aged 9–12 × num. of adult children

 

0.989

  

0.991

 
  

(0.008)

  

(0.015)

 

Num. of children aged 13–16 × num. of adult children

 

0.998

  

0.998

 
  

(0.006)

  

(0.013)

 

Log pseudolikelihood

–139,809.08

–139,778.99

–139,803.68

–28,531.94

–28,522.27

–28,510.67

Num. of obs

17,052

17,052

17,052

4894

4894

4894

  1. Source: Data are from the Mexican Migration Project (MMP). They cover 143 communities which were 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