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

Table 3.

Likelihood of migrating out of the country for all persons born in the country, robust standard errors in brackets

4 African countries 5 LATAM countries
Exp(B) Exp(B)
Female 0.83 1.42**
(0.21) (0.24)
Age 1.02 1.01
(0.01) (0.00)
High education 0.82 1.22
(0.23) (0.25)
Low education 1.00 5.94***
(0.72) (2.34)
Nurse 1.71* 1.00
(0.46) (0.23)
Med. doctor 1.52 2.02***
(0.68) (0.43)
Constant 9.63*** 0.01***
(7.09) (0.005)
Year controlled 2006–2014 Yes Yes
Wald Chi square 88.72, df(13)*** 77.44, df(13)***
−2 Log likelihood −280.17 −796.22
Number 890 6356

Source: WageIndicator 2006–2014, selection health workers born in four African countries (Angola, Kenya, South Africa and Zimbabwe) and in five Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico). Reference categories: middle education, all other healthcare occupations, year 2006–2007

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