Table 5.

Estimates of propensity for rural-to-urban migration experienced by children

	Girls		Boys
	β	SE	β	SE
Age (years)	−0.01	(0.04)	−0.02	(0.04)
Father’s years of education	0.01	(0.02)	0.03†	(0.02)
Mother’s years of education	0.02	(0.02)	0.02	(0.02)
Had brother(s) (ref = No)	0.07	(0.15)	0.26†	(0.15)
Had sister(s) (ref = No)	−0.09	(0.13)	0.00	(0.14)
Paternal grandparent(s) alive (ref = No)	−0.26	(0.16)	0.17	(0.20)
Maternal grandparent(s) alive (ref = No)	0.07	(0.22)	0.17	(0.22)
Born in a hospital(ref = no)	0.27*	(0.13)	0.19	(0.14)
Ever attended kindergarten (ref = no)	0.74***	(0.15)	0.72***	(0.15)
% Agricultural population (county of birth)	−0.94	(1.17)	−3.16**	(1.12)
% Agricultural population squared	0.67	(1.09)	2.57*	(1.08)
Place of birth (ref = East)
North	0.09	(0.26)	−0.49†	(0.26)
Northeast	0.20	(0.27)	−0.55*	(0.28)
Central	0.02	(0.25)	−0.35	(0.23)
South	0.36	(0.25)	−0.20	(0.23)
Southwest	0.62*	(0.25)	0.06	(0.23)
Northwest	0.21	(0.26)	−0.32	(0.24)
Constant	−1.74**	(0.67)	−1.36*	(0.68)
N	1,031		1,013

Note: SE = standard errors.

^†p < .1;

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001 (two-tailed tests).