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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Res Policy Rev. 2009 Oct 2;29(5):659–685. doi: 10.1007/s11113-009-9165-2

Table 4.

Random effects logistic estimation of odds of being a migrant in a year models by quintiles of the migration index (data collected from 13 to 41 year olds in 22 villages in Nang Rong, Thailand in 1984–2000)

Quintiles Migration history in community
I II III IV V
Individual characteristics
 Age 1.15** 1.09#,*** 1.03#, *** 0.98#, ** 0.90***
 Sex (male = 1) 2.74*** 1.95#, *** 1.60*** 1.34#, ** 1.23#
 Education (in years) 1.48*** 1.50*** 1.44#, *** 1.43#, *** 1.50#, ***
 Married 0.10*** 0.13#, *** 0.18#, *** 0.24#, *** 0.46#, ***
 Land (in rai) 0.98*** 0.98*** 0.99#, *** 0.99#, ** 1.00#
Village characteristics
 Village remote? 0.63** 1.05 1.06 1.10 1.39#, **
 Migrant follow-up rate 1.06*** 1.03*** 1.05*** 1.05*** 1.03*
Migration context of the community
 Migrant trips in the community 1.89 2.82#, * 2.69** 1.89 2.58#, ***
 Inequality of migrant trips 0.76 0.40** 0.75 0.30** 0.19***
Thai Economic Context
 Unemployment rate (%) 1.18 0.95 1.05 0.73*** 0.61***
 Annual GDP growth (%) 1.01 1.00 1.03** 1.03 1.12***
 Productivity-wage gap in agriculture (%) 1.00 1.00 1.01** 1.03*** 1.05***
 Wage ratio (Bangkok/Northeast) 1.53 1.20 2.78*** 5.63*** 45.56***
 Employment in manufacturing (%) 1.08 0.90 1.53*** 1.38*** 1.62**
Wald χ2 6,600*** 7,951*** 9,098*** 10,593*** 9,663***
N (person-years) 17,806 21,799 24,443 25,192 22,428

Year and constant are included in all models. Results are presented in odds ratios. Migration experience and inequality are standardized to mean 0, SD 1

*

p <0.1,

**

p <0.05,

***

p <0.01

#

p <0.1 (test of difference between coefficients of subsequent quintile models)