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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 5.

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

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4
Individual characteristics
 Age 1.03*** 1.06*** 1.06*** 1.32***
 Sex (male = 1) 1.32*** 1.33*** 1.34*** 1.75*
 Education (in years) 1.35*** 1.27*** 1.27*** 1.82***
 Married 0.33*** 0.25*** 0.25*** 0.49**
 Land (in rai) 0.999* 0.996*** 0.996*** 0.973***
Village characteristics
 Village remote? 1.06** 1.02 1.01 1.03
 Migrant follow-up rate 1.02*** 1.02*** 1.03*** 1.02***
Migration context of the community
 Migrant trips in the community 2.11*** 27.11*** 19.90*** 5.60***
 Inequality of migrant trips 0.83*** 1.29*** 0.90 0.94
Thai Economic Context
 Unemployment rate (%) 0.89*** 0.93*** 0.93*** 0.93***
 Annual GDP growth (%) 1.01*** 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Productivity-wage gap in agriculture (%) 1.02*** 1.01*** 1.01*** 1.01***
 Wage ratio (Bangkok/Northeast) 2.38*** 1.58*** 1.54*** 1.21***
 Employment in manufacturing (%) 1.38*** 1.20*** 1.19*** 2.07***
Interactions b/w Ind char and migration experience
 Age × trips 0.92*** 0.92*** 0.95***
 Sex × trips 0.80*** 0.89** 0.94
 Educ × trips 1.00 1.02** 1.08***
 Married × trips 0.91*** 0.79*** 0.87
 Land × trips 1.00*** 1.01*** 1.01***
Interactions b/w Ind char and inequality of mig experience
 Age × inequality 1.00 0.99
 Sex × inequality 1.14** 1.15**
 Educ × inequality 1.03*** 1.02*
 Married × inequality 0.85** 0.84**
 Land × inequality 1.01*** 1.01***
Interactions b/w Ind char and economic context
 Age × employment in manuf. 0.98***
 Sex × employment in manuf.
 Educ × employment in manuf. 0.97***
 Married × employment in manuf. 0.94**
 Land × employment in manuf. 1.00***
Wald χ2 40,435*** 41,847*** 41,846*** 41,909***
N (person-years) 111,668 111,668 111,668 111,668

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