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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Estud Econ. 2011 Jun;38(1):67–100. doi: 10.4067/s0718-52862011000100004

TABLE 3.

ESTIMATED PROBIT MODEL FOR PROBABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN OPORTUNIDADES

Variable Coefficient p-value
Mother’s schooling less than 6 grades (omitted)
Mother’s schooling 6 grades −0.624 0.000
Mother’s schooling 7 to 9 grades −0.914 0.001
Mother’s schooling 10 to 12 grades −1.286 0.006
Mother’s schooling 13 or more grades −0.652 0.264
Father’s schooling less than 6 grades (omitted)
Father’s schooling 6 grades −0.592 0.000
Father’s schooling 7 to 9 grades −0.836 0.000
Father’s schooling 10 to 12 grades −1.284 0.015
Father’s schooling 13 or more grades 0.317 0.453
Max parent’s schooling less than 6 grades (omitted)
Max parent’s schooling 6 grades 0.750 0.000
Max parent’s schooling 7 to 9 grades 0.916 0.000
Max parent’s schooling 10 to 12 grades 1.211 0.034
Max parent’s schooling 13 or more grades −0.370 0.551
Indoor plumbing −0.291 0.029
0 or 1 young children in household (omitted)
2 to 4 young children in household 0.139 0.160
5 young children in household 0.466 0.037
6 or more young children in household 1.159 0.023
Living in poor southern state 0.257 0.201
Constant term −0.214 0.302
1699
Sample Size
Pseudo R-squared 0.11

Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacan, or Puebla.