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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Res. 2015 Jun 17;54:146–158. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.06.005

Table 3.

Analyzing the adaptation perspective: logistic regression results of the associations between maternal migration timing and ever-vaccination among migrant subsample. Source: Benin DHS 2006.

Migrant subsample

Model 1 Model 2 – migrated before child born Model 3 – migrated after child
born



OR Coeff SE OR Coeff SE OR Coeff SE
Maternal migration
  Migrated before child born
  Migrated after child born 0.599 −0.513** 0.159
Time between migration and child birth 1.002 0.002* 0.001 1.002 0.002* 0.001 0.968 −0.032* 0.013
Controls
Child characteristics
Female 1.158 0.147 0.093 1.240 0.215* 0.094 0.896 −0.109 0.362
Child’s age in months 1.004 0.004 0.004 1.005 0.005 0.004 1.015 0.015 0.013
Sibship size 0.995 −0.005 0.045 0.991 −0.009 0.046 1.013 0.013 0.097
Mother’s age at child’s birth 0.975 −0.026 0.015 0.972 −0.028 0.016 0.971 −0.030 0.040
Maternal characteristics
Years of school 1.033 0.033 0.039 1.029 0.029 0.042 1.088 0.084 0.089
Marital status
  Monogamous (ref)
  Polygynous 0.565 −0.190 0.134 0.883 −0.124 0.140 0.482 −0.730* 0.343
  Never married 1.124 0.117 0.557 0.702 −0.354 0.543 1.218 0.197 0.339
  Widowed 4.031 1.394 1.101 3.004 1.100 1.107 0.739 −0.303 0.41
  Divorced/separated 0.683 −0.382 0.373 0.456 −0.784 0.405 1.157 0.145 0.793
Ethnicity
  Adja (ref)
  Bariba 2.972 0.589 0.459 1.378 0.321 0.422 11.683 2.458* 1.210
  Dendi 1.033 −0.570 0.618 0.762 −0.272 0.698 0.117 −2.144* 0.918
  Fon 1.010 1.089*** 0.288 3.009 1.102*** 0.307 2.773 1.020 0.526
  Yoa/Lokpa 0.337 0.033 0.457 0.962 −0.039 0.482 1.647 0.499 0.884
  Betamaribe 2.434 0.010 0.391 0.806 −0.215 0.428 3.149 1.147 0.831
  Peulh 3.027 −1.086** 0.414 0.266 −1.325** 0.468 1.118 0.112 0.829
  Yoruba 1.008 0.889* 0.364 1.969 0.678 0.401 8.661 2.159** 0.693
  Other 1.393 1.108 1.225 2.198 0.787 1.241 1.412 0.345 1.605
Household & community characteristics
Number of children five years and younger 2.087 0.008 0.039 0.999 −0.001 0.042 1.128 0.121 0.109
Household wealth
  Poorest (ref)
  Poor 2.417 0.331* 0.137 1.387 0.327 0.168 1.825 0.602 0.386
  Average 5.674 0.736*** 0.150 2.071 0.728*** 0.172 3.285 1.189** 0.376
  Rich 1.011 0.882*** 0.183 2.302 0.834*** 0.191 4.140 1.421** 0.544
  Richest 0.302 1.736*** 0.233 5.816 1.761*** 0.270 7.902 2.067** 0.624
Rural birth community 0.399 0.011 0.140 0.972 −0.028 0.174 1.590 0.463 0.327
Region of residence
  Alibori (ref)
  Atakora 0.379 −1.198 0.625 0.459 −0.779 0.623 0.086 −2.451 1.253
  Atlantique 0.183 −0.918 0.753 0.556 −0.588 0.735 0.160 −1.830* 0.863
  Borgou 0.299 −0.969 0.694 0.575 −0.554 0.668 0.070 −2.661* 1.295
  Collines 0.377 −1.697* 0.736 0.240 −1.426 0.744 0.097 −2.335 1.368
  Donga 0.688 −1.208 0.878 0.384 −0.958 0.803 0.153 −1.880 1.061
  Kouffo 2.154 −0.975 0.741 0.566 −0.569 0.698 0.096 −2.342* 1.140
  Littoral 0.131 −0.374 0.792 0.785 −0.242 0.771 4.572 1.520 0.857
  Mono 0.136 0.767 0.992 4.095 1.410 1.281 0.741 −0.299 1.063
  Quémé 0.265 −2.030** 0.774 0.162 −1.818* 0.779 0.078 −2.546* 1.270
  Plataeu 1.200 −1.992* 0.834 0.182 −1.704* 0.807 0.055 −2.905* 1.291
  Zou 1.331 −1.330 0.879 0.287 −1.247 0.866 0.298 −1.210 0.902
Origin community
  Abroad (ref)
  City 1.033 0.182 0.233 1.001 0.001 0.240 2.387 0.870 0.490
  Town 1.331 0.286 0.183 1.098 0.093 0.215 3.610 1.284* 0.552
  Countryside 1.033 0.033 0.159 0.877 −0.132 0.176 1.865 0.623 0.375
Constant 3.055*** 0.759 3.025*** 0.805 2.297 1.304
Model Fit
Log-likelihood −1247.035 −1040.433 −179.097
*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.