Table 2.

Cumulative conditional probabilities (p) of making transitions in living arrangements between birth and age 15 for children born into two-parent homes (95 % confidence intervals (CI) in parentheses)

		By Age 15, Cumulative Probability of:
		(1) Father Staying in Household Continuously		(2) Father Migrating in Mexico		(3) Father Migrating to the United States
	N	p	(95 % CI)	p	(95 % CI)	p	(95 % CI)
All Children	11,110	0.66	(0.62–0.70)	0.12	(0.09–0.14)	0.06	(0.04–0.08)
Among Children Living With Mothers:
Mother’s education: Primary or less	5,899	0.57	(0.51–0.63)	0.18	(0.13–0.23)	0.07	(0.04–0.09)
Mother’s education: Secondary or more	3,976	0.77	(0.71–0.82)	0.05	(0.02–0.08)	0.05	(0.02–0.08)
Region of birth: Rural	3,294	0.66	(0.61–0.71)	0.14	(0.10–0.18)	0.09	(0.06–0.12)
Region of birth: Urban	6,917	0.68	(0.61–0.75)	0.05	(0.03–0.08)	0.02	(0.01–0.03)

Notes: Estimates are generated with increment-decrement life tables using single-year age-specific transition rates calculated with all children (N) and initiated with children born into two-parent homes. At birth, 82.3 % of children are born with both parents in the household, 4 % with a father migrating domestically, and 4.5 % with a father migrating internationally. Confidence intervals are calculated from standard deviations of 1,000 bootstrapped sample estimates.

Source: Mexican Family Life Survey.