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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2017 Aug;54(4):1277–1304. doi: 10.1007/s13524-017-0587-x

Table 2. Comparison of kin proximity measures by varying distance thresholds (N = 103,276 person-periods).

Mean Model 1: Odds Ratios Predicting Out-Mobility From Origin Tract in Logit Model, Single Proximity Indicatora Model 2: Odds Ratios Predicting Out-Mobility From Origin Tract In Logit Model, Both Proximity Indicatorsa

Kin Type x Any Kin Within x Miles Any Kin at More Than x Miles Any Kin Within x Miles Any Kin Within x Miles Any Kin at More Than x Miles
Parents
0 0.13 0.29 0.830*** 1.073* 2.087***
1 0.15 0.27 0.917** 1.171*** 2.075***
2 0.18 0.24 1.094** 1.361*** 2.040***
3 0.22 0.21 1.214*** 1.470*** 2.008***
4 0.24 0.18 1.295*** 1.536*** 1.982***
5 0.27 0.16 1.365*** 1.588*** 1.957***
10 0.34 0.09 1.541*** 1.680*** 1.884***
20 0.39 0.03 1.688*** 1.734*** 1.744***
Metro 0.42 -- 1.749*** 1.749*** ––
Children
0 0.10 0.19 0.248*** 0.268*** 0.672***
1 0.11 0.18 0.279*** 0.301*** 0.675***
2 0.13 0.16 0.336*** 0.361*** 0.677***
3 0.15 0.14 0.383*** 0.409*** 0.668***
4 0.16 0.13 0.395*** 0.419*** 0.677***
5 0.17 0.12 0.416*** 0.440*** 0.665***
10 0.21 0.07 0.463*** 0.479*** 0.636***
20 0.23 0.02 0.481*** 0.488*** 0.560***
Metro 0.25 –– 0.221*** 0.482*** ––
Siblings +Extended
0 0.21 0.54 0.708*** 0.703*** 1.916***
1 0.24 0.52 0.809*** 0.800*** 1.885***
2 0.30 0.48 0.999 0.987 1.754***
2 0.35 0.44 1.093*** 1.084** 1.645***
3 0.39 0.41 1.163*** 1.158*** 1.565***
5 0.43 0.37 1.233*** 1.233*** 1.519***
10 0.53 0.23 1.418*** 1.420*** 1.350***
20 0.60 0.09 1.582*** 1.583*** 1.194***
Metro 0.63 –– 1.618*** 1.618*** ––
a

Standard errors (not reported) are clustered by persons. Other control variables are not included.

*

p < .05;

**

p < 01;

***

p < .001