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Table 5 Determinants of migration intensity (OLS regression)

From: Staying in the cities or returning home? An analysis of the rural-urban migration behavior in Vietnam

 

Coef

Se

Migrant characteristics

 Female migrant (1 yes, 0 no)

−0.052

0.191

 Marital status (1 single, 0 others)

−0.120

0.239

 Age (years)

0.161

0.131

 Age squared

−0.002

0.003

 Number of years in school (years)

0.053**

0.027

 Government support (1 yes, 0 no)

0.292

0.272

 Experienced to shocks in the cities (1 yes, 0 no)

−0.334*

0.185

Household characteristics

 Female household head (1 yes, 0 no)

0.164

0.265

 Log of total land own (ha)

−0.048

0.118

 Total household members

0.087*

0.049

 Household participated on non-farm activities (1 yes, 0 no)

−0.008

0.172

Village characteristics

 Access to public water supply (% households in village)

−0.001

0.002

 Access to the Internet (% households in village)

−0.011*

0.007

 Number of enterprises

0.188*

0.106

 Number of social problems

0.139

0.120

Constants

−3.470*

1.811

Number of observations

243

Replications

1000

Wald chi2 (1)

32.25

Prob > chi2

0.006

R-squared

0.1068

  1. Source: own calculations based on the DFG Rural Household Surveys and DFG Migrant Survey in 2010
  2. * and ** indicate statistically significant levels at 10 and 5%, respectively. The independent variable is the Index of Migration Intensity