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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 8.

Discrete time event history analysis of male and female out-migration from Chitwan Valley, Nepal.

Variable Males
Females
B SE B SE
COMMUNITY CONTEXT
Childhood Economic Index 0.166 0.191 0.227 0.290
Childhood Human Capital Index 0.207 0.232 0.094 0.342
Adult Economic Index −0.949*** 0.207 0.592* 0.297
Adult Human Capital Index −0.469* 0.233 −0.299 0.339
HUMAN CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
Mother Educated 0.366 0.243 0.521* 0.315
Mother Worked 0.255** 0.102 0.439** 0.174
Father Educated 0.022 0.120 −0.078 0.168
Father Worked 0.019 0.095 −0.079 0.154
SOCIAL CAPITAL ENDOWMENTS
Father Migrant 0.248** 0.101 0.315* 0.168
Mother Migrant 0.049 0.152 0.062 0.215
HUMAN CAPITAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Education 0.062*** 0.012 0.002 0.020
Wage Work Experience 0.008 0.012 0.025 0.021
Salary Work Experience 0.016 0.015 −0.171 0.220
Migrant Experience −0.127** 0.044 −0.042 0.103
ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
Currently Employed −0.367** 0.121 −0.301 0.207
CONTROL VARIABLES
Family Size
 Number Children −0.094** 0.040 −0.337*** 0.068
Marital Status
 Married in Current Year −0.088 0.189 1.478*** 0.213
 Single ---- ---- ---- ----
 Married Living with Spouse −0.424*** 0.135 0.518* 0.274
 Married Not Living with Spouse 0.496* 0.221 2.287*** 0.253
 Widowed or Divorced −0.020 0.180 0.889** 0.371
Living Arrangements
 Alone ---- ---- ---- ----
 With Relatives 0.073 0.140 0.470* 0.239
 With In-Laws 0.128 1.017 −0.183 0.194
 Other 0.558** 0.200 0.951 0.620
Mobility History
 Born in Chitwan −0.069 0.118 0.289 0.245
 Child Mover ---- ---- ---- ----
 Adult Mover −0.233* 0.137 0.187 0.251
Ethnic Group
 Upper Caste Hindu ---- ---- ---- ----
 Lower Caste Hindu 0.224 0.137 0.528** 0.200
 Newar −0.118 0.205 0.226 0.275
 Terai Tibeto-Burmese −0.511*** 0.148 −0.898*** 0.277
 Hill Tibeto-Burmese 0.252* 0.120 0.367* 0.181
Age Group
 12–20 ---- ---- ---- ----
 21–30 0.247 0.182 0.300 0.266
 31–40 −0.236 0.200 0.030 0.301
 41–50 −0.744*** 0.229 −0.168 0.336
 51–60 −1.061*** 0.275 −0.429 0.428
Duration
 0–4 ---- ---- ---- ----
 5–9 −0.042 0.107 −0.175 0.160
 10–14 −0.428** 0.170 −0.801** 0.273
 15+ −0.354* 0.202 −0.976** 0.324
Intercept −2.984*** 0.306 −5.490*** 0.540
−2 Log Likelihood 4984.815*** 2436.095***
Person Years 21,828 30,712
*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.001