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Table 1 Logit estimates of employment of migrant function

From: Migrants from marginal dry areas in Syria: destinations, employment, and returns

Variable

Coefficient

Community characteristics

 Stability zone

2.29 (1.15)**

Household characteristics

 Poverty status

0.77 (0.411)*

 Total household members

−0.06 (0.045)

 Land area (ha)

0.002 (0.003)

 Livestock

0.005 (0.007)

 Number of total migrants from each household

0.47 (0.13)***

Individual characteristics

 Age

−0.16 (0.082)**

 Age squared

0.002 (0.001)**

 Education level

−0.016 (0.065)

 Gender

4.33 (0.6)***

 Household head (dummy = 1 if the migrant is the head of the household; 0 otherwise)

0.85 (0.7)

  1. Source: model results. Note: sample size = 349, likelihood ratio χ 2 (11) = 162.88, SE in parentheses
  2. ***Significant at 1 %; **significant at 5 %; *significant at 10 %