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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int Migr. 2010 Jun 1;48(3):1–41. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00581.x

Table 5.

Effect of childhood community context on human capital achievements and endowments of respondents in Chitwan Valley Family Survey.

Variable Years of Schooling
Number of Trips
Years of Wage Work
Years of Salary Work
B SE B SE B SE B SE
CHILDHOOD COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Economic Index 2.495*** 0.274 0.219 0.144 −0.224 0.604 0.106 0.257
Human Capital Index 1.255*** 0.327 0.369* 0.172 −2.872*** 0.722 0.548* 0.307
CONTROL VARIABLES
Gender
 Female −2.811*** 0.126 −0.513*** 0.066 1.513*** 0.278 −2.121*** 0.118
Mobility History
 Born in Chitwan −1.666*** 0.212 −0.309** 0.111 0.858* 0.467 −0.180 0.198
 Child Mover ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
 Adult Mover −4.272*** 0.200 −0.244** 0.105 0.808* 0.440 0.501** 0.187
Ethnic Group
 Upper Caste Hindu ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
 Lower Caste Hindu −3.224*** 0.199 −0.510*** 0.105 6.699*** 0.440 −0.750*** 0.187
 Newar 0.193 0.268 0.576*** 0.141 −0.291 0.591 −0.142 0.251
 Terai Tibeto-Burmese −4.583*** 0.194 −0.380*** 0.102 4.274*** 0.429 0.081 0.182
 Hill Tibeto-Burmese −1.309*** 0.177 −0.161* 0.093 0.959** 0.391 −0.177 0.166
Age Group
 12–20 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
 21–30 −0.164 0.204 0.288** 0.107 1.752*** 0.449 0.097 0.191
 31–40 −2.201*** 0.223 0.412*** 0.117 4.255*** 0.492 0.758*** 0.209
 41–50 −2.115*** 0.255 0.520*** 0.134 6.922*** 0.564 1.228*** 0.239
 51–60 −2.554*** 0.296 0.814*** 0.156 7.429*** 0.654 0.978*** 0.278
Intercept 9.600 0.662 −0.244 1.280
R-Squared 0.479 0.053 0.181 0.109
N 3,899 3,899 3,899 3,899