Table 5.
Random-effect Logit Model of School Enrollment by Household Remittances Status, Black Children, PSLSD 1993
| Children in HH’s without remittances |
Children in HH’s with Remittances |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent variables | Logit | Std. error | Logit | Std. error |
| Child-level | ||||
| Age | 2.471*** | .171 | 2.692*** | .214 |
| Age squared | −.099*** | .007 | −.109*** | .009 |
| Male (ref. female) | −.187 | .128 | −.183 | .160 |
| Parental presence (ref. both parents present) | ||||
| Only mother present | −.847*** | .238 | −.277 | .251 |
| Only father present | −1.009** | .381 | .040 | .552 |
| Neither parent present | −1.096*** | .221 | −.386 | .264 |
| Household-level | ||||
| Highest adult education in HH (ref. no school) | ||||
| Primary school | .423† | .233 | .582** | .277 |
| Some secondary school | 1.443*** | .261 | 1.651*** | .303 |
| Completed secondary and more | 2.301*** | .341 | 2.459*** | .398 |
| Urban residence (ref. rural) | .593** | .195 | .457 | .315 |
| Total HH annual income (log) (excluding remittances) |
.160* | .065 | .031 | .051 |
| Total number of school-aged children (6–22) | .033 | .045 | .030 | .053 |
| Female-head HH (ref. male-head HH) | .741** | .230 | .245 | .252 |
| Grandparent present in the HH | .077 | .185 | .052 | .230 |
| Constant | −12.359*** | 1.106 | −12.399*** | 1.210 |
| Log-likelihood | −1595.9 | −972.4 | ||
| N | 5,865 | 4,001 | ||
†
p<.1
*
p<.05
**
p<.01
***
p<.001