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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Space Place. 2013 May 30;20(6):528–551. doi: 10.1002/psp.1794

Table A.3.

Baseline characteristics predictive of subsequent migration in 2001-03, by sex and type of migration (Multiple logistic regression models with robust standard errors and 99% CI)

I. Out-migration of residents II. In-migration of non-residents III. Internal migration of residents
Adult females Adult males Adult females Adult males Adult females Adult males
OR 99% CI OR 99% CI OR 99% CI OR 99% CI OR 99% CI OR 99% CI
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS
Age group quantile
18-22
23-28 1.01 0.82 1.24 0.91 0.74 1.12 0.84 0.68 1.04 0.85 0.68 1.06 0.97 0.65 1.44 1.11 0.62 2.00
29-37 0.63 0.49 0.82 0.48 0.37 0.62 0.66 0.50 0.85 0.63 0.48 0.81 0.98 0.62 1.55 0.71 0.35 1.46
38-50 0.30 0.22 0.41 0.36 0.27 0.49 0.59 0.43 0.81 0.47 0.34 0.66 0.38 0.21 0.70 0.46 0.18 1.17
Over age 50 0.13 0.09 0.18 0.16 0.10 0.24 0.64 0.43 0.95 0.69 0.47 1.00 0.20 0.10 0.38 0.25 0.08 0.80
Partnership pattern
No current marital
partner
Currently married 0.42 0.31 0.56 0.64 0.47 0.88 1.09 0.81 1.47 1.04 0.79 1.38 0.36 0.21 0.62 1.03 0.42 2.52
Employment status
Unemployed
Full or part-time
employment
0.97 0.80 1.19 0.94 0.78 1.15 0.72 0.59 0.88 0.54 0.45 0.66 0.97 0.67 1.40 2.00 1.19 3.36
Education level
None - Standard 5
Standard 6-9 1.05 0.85 1.29 1.12 0.92 1.38 0.85 0.68 1.06 0.84 0.69 1.03 0.98 0.67 1.44 1.29 0.72 2.33
≥Standard 10 (Matric) 1.27 1.00 1.61 1.18 0.93 1.50 0.98 0.77 1.23 0.75 0.60 0.94 0.93 0.58 1.47 0.64 0.29 1.42
Parenthood
Not a parent to
children in household
Parent to children 0.59 0.48 0.73 0.91 0.69 1.19 1.07 0.87 1.31 1.30 1.00 1.68 0.81 0.56 1.16 0.87 0.41 1.84
HOUSEHOLD
CHARACTERISTICS
Household
dependency ratio
0.92 0.81 1.03 0.96 0.85 1.09 1.02 0.91 1.14 1.05 0.93 1.19 0.93 0.76 1.13 0.93 0.63 1.36
Sum of adults
employed full-time
1.04 0.98 1.10 1.02 0.96 1.09 0.98 0.92 1.04 0.99 0.94 1.05 0.97 0.87 1.09 1.06 0.88 1.26
Water source: Other
Piped (private/public)
1.06 0.88 1.26 0.93 0.78 1.11 1.06 0.89 1.28 1.04 0.87 1.24 0.86 0.62 1.18 0.86 0.51 1.45
Sanitation: Other/none
Flush toilet/VIP
1.04 0.79 1.36 0.88 0.65 1.18 1.24 0.91 1.68 1.00 0.74 1.37 1.07 0.60 1.91 1.08 0.44 2.62
Electricity: No source
Electricity source
(grid/generator)
0.85 0.71 1.02 0.66 0.55 0.79 1.01 0.84 1.22 1.21 1.00 1.46 0.70 0.50 0.98 0.98 0.57 1.70
Quantiles of assets
Lower tertile of assets
Middle tertile of assets
0.86 0.69 1.06 1.08 0.89 1.33 1.11 0.89 1.38 0.96 0.77 1.20 0.88 0.62 1.26 0.98 0.54 1.75
Higher tertile of assets 1.02 0.81 1.29 1.11 0.88 1.40 1.09 0.85 1.39 1.17 0.92 1.48 0.88 0.57 1.36 0.66 0.33 1.32
Pension-eligible
adults: None1 or more males or
both sexes
0.99 0.75 1.32 0.85 0.64 1.11 0.87 0.65 1.16 0.86 0.65 1.12 1.05 0.67 1.65 1.23 0.59 2.57
1 or more females only 0.96 0.78 1.17 0.87 0.72 1.06 0.98 0.80 1.19 1.01 0.83 1.23 0.87 0.61 1.24 1.31 0.76 2.26
Death of ≥1 adults
before 1st migration
1.57 1.18 2.11 0.89 0.67 1.18 1.54 1.16 2.04 1.71 1.28 2.28 9.01 5.33 15.26 23.65 12.14 46.09
N 14,193 9,356 8,241 9,303 14,193 9,356
Wald χ2 (19) 955.8 584.8 119.1 265.9 337.5 212

Source: ACDIS. Data are for population aged 18 and older who were members of households on 01 January 2001. Models using unweighted data shown.