Table 3.
The Role of Gender, Birth Cohort, Sibship Size, Additional Siblings, Composition of Migrants With Respect to Remitting, School Accessibility, and Remoteness for Explaining Educational Attainment, Multinomial Logistic Regression Results (Odds-Ratios Presented).
| Variable | Lwr vs. Prm | Upr vs. Lwr | Upr vs. Prm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Young woman | 0.814 | 1.547** | 1.259 |
| Young man | – | – | – |
| Birth cohort | |||
| 1972–1974 | 0.411*** | 2.823*** | 1.162 |
| 1975–1976 | 0.437*** | 2.950*** | 1.288 |
| 1977–1978 | – | – | – |
| Gender and birth cohort interaction | |||
| Young woman born in 1972–1974 | 0.907 | 0.409*** | 0.371*** |
| Young woman born in 1975–1976 | 0.886 | 0.735 | 0.651 |
| Young man or born in 1977–1978 | – | – | – |
| Sibship size | |||
| No siblings | 2.432** | 0.925 | 2.249* |
| One sibling | 2.449*** | 1.083 | 2.653*** |
| Two siblings | 1.652*** | 1.373 | 2.269*** |
| Three siblings | 1.601** | 1.219 | 1.953*** |
| Four or more siblings | – | – | – |
| Additional siblings | 0.647* | 1.362 | 0.881 |
| Composition of migrants with respect to remitting | |||
| Some remitting migrants | 1.520 | 0.877 | 1.333 |
| Only non-remitting migrants | 0.807 | 2.149 | 1.735 |
| Neither | – | – | – |
| Composition of migrants with respect to gender and remitting | |||
| Any remitting female migrants | 0.579 | 0.843 | 0.488 |
| No remitting female migrants at all | – | – | – |
| Non remitting male migrants only | 2.373 | 0.530 | 1.259 |
| Any other than non-remitting male migrants | – | – | – |
| School accessibility | |||
| No secondary school in 1984 or 1994 | – | – | – |
| Secondary school in 1994 only | 0.921 | 1.402 | 1.291 |
| Secondary school in both 1984 and 1994 | 0.853 | 1.217 | 1.038 |
| Remoteness | |||
| Not at all remote in 1984 | – | – | – |
| Somewhat remote in 1984 | 0.919 | 0.795 | 0.731 |
| Very remote in 1984 | 0.297*** | 1.302 | 0.387** |
| Controls | |||
| Land ownership | |||
| 10 or fewer rai | 0.685** | 0.891 | 0.611*** |
| 11–24 rai | – | – | – |
| 25 or more rai | 1.434*** | 0.945 | 1.356* |
| Household owns at least a motorcycle | |||
| Yes | 2.674*** | 2.565*** | 6.857*** |
| No | – | – | – |
| Household education | |||
| One adult with less than 4 years of school | 0.674** | 0.915 | 0.617*** |
| Two or more adults with less than 4 years of school | 0.822 | 0.827 | 0.679 |
| No adults with less than 4 years of school | – | – | – |
| N | 4311 | ||
| Log likelihood | −2432.85 | ||
| Ward X2 | 4318.82*** | ||
| Pseudo R2 | 0.10 | ||
*
p ≤ 0.1.
**
p ≤ 0.05.
***
p ≤ 0.01.