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Published in final edited form as: Int Migr Rev. 2009;43(3):621–651. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2009.00779.x

TABLE 4. Multinomial Logistic Regression Output for Predicting the Competing Risks of Taking A Second Trip to Three Locations in Year t + 1.

INDEPENDENT VARIABLES IN YEAR t Within Chitwan To Other Districts To Other Countries



B SE B SE B SE
Physical Capital
 Home business -0.190 0.319 -1.580** 0.731 -0.993 0.610
 Outside business -1.612 1.016 -1.541 1.032 -1.505 1.037
Social Capital
 Mother traveled internationally 0.099 0.268 -0.313 0.348 -0.152 0.345
 Father traveled internationally -0.218 0.185 0.120 0.227 0.661*** 0.244
 Neighborhood prevalence ratio for within Chitwan migrants -0.004 0.004 -0.005 0.006 0.003 0.006
 Neighborhood prevalence ratio for migrants to other districts 0.015** 0.007 0.027*** 0.009 0.001 0.012
 Neighborhood prevalence ratio for international migrants -0.011 0.009 -0.010 0.013 0.035*** 0.011
Human Capital
 Education 0.046** 0.021 0.074*** 0.026 -0.028 0.032
 Salary job 0.732*** 0.206 0.585** 0.241 -0.878** 0.419
 Wage job -0.020 0.173 -0.559** 0.283 -0.565** 0.277
 Served in the military 0.019 0.351 1.236*** 0.298 0.783** 0.399
Migration-specific Human Capital
 First migration to other districts 0.735*** 0.193 0.551** 0.249 0.666** 0.335
 First migration to other countries 0.906*** 0.218 0.460 0.306 1.102*** 0.293
 First migration within Chitwan - - - - - -
Neighborhood Characteristics
 Electricity -0.011 0.186 -0.668** 0.280 -0.423 0.301
 Indicator of neighborhood development 0.00002 0.126 -0.176 0.262 -0.516 0.376
Demographic Variables
 Age -0.163*** 0.048 -0.248*** 0.071 -0.296*** 0.087
 Age2 0.002** 0.001 0.002** 0.001 0.002* 0.001
 Gender -0.411** 0.177 -1.282*** 0.281 -2.207*** 0.330
 Marriage -0.084 0.251 -0.434 0.272 0.111 0.315
Ethnicity
 Hindu upper caste -0.219 0.222 0.387 0.344 0.768* 0.419
 Hindu lower caste 0.348 0.245 0.941** 0.389 0.672 0.457
 Hill Tibeto-Burmese 0.202 0.235 0.521 0.366 0.878** 0.433
 Newar and other 0.035 0.333 0.862* 0.443 0.649 0.655
 Terai Tibeto-Burmese - - - - - -
Constant -0.962 0.799 0.457 1.134 1.024 1.396
No. of person years 15351
*

significant at 10%;

**

significant at 5%;

***

significant at 1%