Table 2.

Father’s Labor Migration and Rate of Child’s School Discontinuation

	1	2	3	4	5
Years father away since child entered school	0.92 (−1.77)				1.04 (0.58)
Years father away before child entered school		0.92** (−2.93)			0.92* (−2.41)
Times remittances sent in the past year			0.98 (−0.52)		1.07 (1.42)
Father is a successful labor migrant †				0.41** (−2.71)	0.34** (−2.68)
Father is an unsuccessful labor migrant †				0.83 (−0.65)	0.75 (−0.87)
Mother has 1–4 years of education ‡	1.14 (0.53)	1.13 (0.48)	1.16 (0.57)	1.16 (0.58)	1.13 (0.50)
Mother has 5+ years of education ‡	0.57 (−1.52)	0.53 (−1.71)	0.56 (−1.54)	0.56 (−1.56)	0.51 (−1.76)
Mother’s age	0.95 (−1.94)	0.96 (−1.59)	0.95 (−1.80)	0.95 (−1.85)	0.96 (−1.59)
Mother is in a polygynous marriage	1.41 (1.48)	1.39 (1.41)	1.44 (1.55)	1.38 (1.39)	1.36 (1.32)
Father has 1–4 years of education ‡	0.80 (−0.77)	0.82 (−0.68)	0.77 (−0.90)	0.78 (−0.84)	0.81 (−0.74)
Father has 5+ years of education ‡	0.38** (−2.63)	0.39** (−2.60)	0.38** (−2.67)	0.38** (−2.69)	0.38** (−2.68)
Father’s education missing ‡	0.70 (−1.01)	0.76 (−0.80)	0.69 (−1.04)	0.67 (−1.13)	0.71 (−0.97)
Household material status scale	1.04 (0.23)	1.11 (0.67)	0.98 (−0.15)	1.07 (0.43)	1.18 (1.02)
Child is female	0.74 (−1.53)	0.74 (−1.52)	0.74 (−1.52)	0.74 (−1.52)	0.75 (−1.50)
Child’s number of siblings	1.08 (0.95)	1.08 (0.98)	1.09 (1.11)	1.08 (1.02)	1.08 (0.99)
Nearest school offers grade 6 or higher	0.37** (−3.10)	0.37** (−3.12)	0.36** (−3.15)	0.36** (−3.20)	0.37** (−3.17)
Time since child’s enrollment	3.65*** (5.75)	3.41*** (5.47)	3.51*** (5.61)	3.55*** (5.64)	3.39*** (5.39)
Time since child’s enrollment, squared	0.89*** (−4.27)	0.89*** (−4.21)	0.89*** (−4.24)	0.89*** (−4.27)	0.89*** (−4.21)
Intercept	0.01*** (−5.67)	0.01*** (−5.72)	0.01*** (−5.72)	0.01*** (−5.65)	0.01*** (−5.61)
N (person-years)	8866	8866	8866	8866	8866

^†Reference is non-migrant

^‡Reference is no education

Coefficients are odds ratios; numbers in parentheses are t-statistics

^*p<.05

^**p<.01

^***p<.001, two-tailed tests