Table 6.
OLS regression for satisfaction with life as a whole: 1 = dissatisfied–10 = satisfied, unstandardized coefficients, standard error in brackets
| 4 African countries | 5 Latin American countries | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M1 | M2 | M3 | M1 | M2 | M3 | |
| (Constant) | 5.19*** | 4.91*** | 4.78*** | 7.46*** | 7.98*** | 7.85*** |
| (0.49) | (1.17) | (1.17) | (0.78) | (0.86) | (0.87) | |
| Migrated out of country | 0.56** | 0.54** | 0.47 | 0.66*** | 0.64*** | 0.71*** |
| (0.27) | (0.27) | (0.30) | (0.17) | (0.17) | (0.21) | |
| Female | 0.07 | 0.08 | −0.26*** | −0.26*** | ||
| (0.17) | (0.17) | (0.06) | (0.06) | |||
| Age | −0.07 | −0.07 | −0.03 | −0.03 | ||
| (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |||
| Age_sq | 0.00* | 0.00* | 0.00* | 0.00 | ||
| (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | (0.00) | |||
| High education | 0.72*** | 0.71*** | 0.23*** | 0.23*** | ||
| (0.19) | (0.19) | (0.07) | (0.07) | |||
| Low education | 0.08 | 0.07 | −0.31 | −0.30 | ||
| (0.61) | (0.61) | (0.25) | (0.25) | |||
| Log firm size | 0.32*** | 0.32*** | −0.01 | −0.01 | ||
| (0.10) | (0.10) | (0.04) | (0.04) | |||
| Nurse | −0.27 | −0.18 | 0.07 | 0.06 | ||
| (0.22) | (0.25) | (0.08) | (0.08) | |||
| Med. doctor | −0.05 | −0.41 | 0.25*** | 0.28*** | ||
| (0.32) | (0.36) | (0.09) | (0.09) | |||
| Nurse*outmigration | −0.31 | 0.39 | ||||
| (0.53) | (0.51) | |||||
| Med. doctor*outmigration | 1.71** | −0.54 | ||||
| (0.78) | (0.41) | |||||
| Year controlled 2006–2014 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| R | 0.198 | 0.305 | 0.316 | 0.176 | 0.205 | 0.206 |
| Number | 841 | 841 | 841 | 6095 | 6095 | 6095 |
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
*Significant at 10 %; **significant at 5 %; ***significant at 1 %