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. 2016 Jun 24;14:40. doi: 10.1186/s12960-016-0136-5

Table 2.

Likelihood of migration to a neighbouring country (1 = yes, 0 = no), to a country with the same language (1 = yes, 0 = no), and to a former colonizer (1 = yes, 0 = no), standard errors in brackets

DV neighbour country DV same language DV former colonizer
Exp(B) Exp(B) Exp(B)
Neighbour country 6.16*** 0.06***
(0.1) (0.18)
Same language 6.00*** 8.36***
(0.10) (0.12)
Former colonizer 0.06*** 9.36***
(0.18) (0.12)
Female 1.39*** 1.06 1.18
(0.10) (0.10) (0.13)
Age 1.00 1.00 1.03***
(0.00) (0.00) (0.00)
High education 0.92 1.59*** 0.66***
(0.11) (0.10) (0.13)
Low education 0.56*** 1.14 1.07
(0.20) (0.17) (0.20)
Nurse 1.24* 0.89 1.36**
(0.11) (0.10) (0.13)
Med. doctor 1.03 1.52*** 1.30
(0.14) (0.14) (0.17)
Constant 0.11*** 0.14*** 0.11***
(0.29) (0.26) (0.31)
Year controlled 2006–2014 Yes Yes Yes
Chi square 863.52, df(16) *** 793.93, df(16) *** 806.80, df(16) ***
−2 Log likelihood 2831.96 3183.04 2162.71

Source: WageIndicator 2006–2014, selection migrants in healthcare occupations with identified country of birth. N = 2904, reference categories: middle education, all other healthcare occupations; year 2006

*Significant at 10 %; **significant at 5 %; ***significant at 1 %