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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2018 Jul 18;44(3):455–488. doi: 10.1111/padr.12158

Table 2.

Standardized regression coefficients predicting the likelihood that a household sends an international migrant in 5 year window prior to Census.

I II III IV V VI VII VIII
βstd (S.E.) Sig. βstd (S.E.) Sig. βstd (S.E.) Sig. βstd (S.E.) Sig. βstd (S.E.) Sig. βstd (S.E.) Sig. βstd (S.E.) Sig. βstd (S.E.) Sig.
Temp. 1–1.99 SDs above long-term mean −0.038 (0.002) −0.047 (0.002) −0.093 (0.002)   0.065 (0.002) −0.016 (0.002) −0.022 (0.002) −0.111 (0.002) *   0.032 (0.002)
Precip. 1–1.99 SDs below long-term mean −0.557 (0.002) *** −0.594 (0.002) *** −0.062 (0.002) −0.496 (0.002) *** −0.605 (0.002) *** −0.621 (0.002) *** −0.131 (0.002) * −0.199 (0.002) ***
 Temp, × Precip 1 -1.99 SDs −0.252 (0.000) *** −0.261 (0.000) *** −0.193 (0.000) *** −0.320 (0.000) *** −0.265 (0.000) *** −0.274 (0.000) *** −0.177 (0.000) *** −0.210 (0.000) ***
Temp. 2+ SDs above long-term mean −0.136 (0.003) −0.104 (0.003) −0.124 (0.003) *   0.071 (0.003) −0.122 (0.003) −0.107 (0.003) −0.098 (0.003) −0.015 (0.003)
Precip. 2+ SDs below long-term mean −0.355 (0.014) *** −0.352 (0.013) *** −0.256 (0.011) *** −0.297 (0.013) *** −0.344 (0.014) *** −0.338 (0.013) *** −0.252 (0.011) *** −0.159 (0.012) **
 Temp, × Precip 2+ SDs   0.095 (0.003)   0.111 (0.003)   0.103 (0.002) *   0.200 (0.003) ***   0.091 (0.003)   0.102 (0.003)   0.116 (0.002) *   0.185 (0.002) ***
International migration intensity index (z-score)   3.023 (0.012) ***   2.966 (0.012) ***   2.653 (0.012) ***
Marginalization index (z-score)   0.498 (0.026) ***   0.259 (0.029) *   0.490 (0.020) ***   0.194 (0.021) *
Economic diversity index (0–1) −0.038 (0.102)   0.052 (0.102) −0.161 (0.087) * −0.241 (0.085) ***
State GDP growth, window relative to prior 5 years (%)   0.158 (0.007) ***   0.147 (0.007) ** −0.041 (0.007)   0.052 (0.007)
Municipal farmland that is irrigated (%) −0.215 (0.001) * −0.148 (0.001) −0.120 (0.001)   0.048 (0.001)
Area of farmland planted with com (sqm /10 ha)   0.149 (0.018)   0.133 (0.018)   0.157 (0.012) * −0.105 (0.012)
Area of farmland planted with wheat (sqm /10 ha) −0.098 (0.097) −0.078 (0.097) −0.005 (0.061) −0.143 (0.070)
Area of farmland planted with soybeans (sqm /10 ha) −0.131 (0.058) −0.125 (0.058)   0.122 (0.036) *   0.322 (0.035) ***
2,500 – 14,999 inhab. in locality (REF = less than 2,500)
Municipal land classified as urban (%) −0.611 (0.006) *** −0.560 (0.006) *** −0.016 (0.004) −0.196 (0.004) **
HH members working in primary sector activities (%)   0.085 (0.000) *   0.086 (0.000) *   0.061 (0.000)   0.076 (0.000)
HH members employed (%) −0.813 (0.000) *** −0.837 (0.000) *** −0.784 (0.000) *** −0.804 (0.000) *** −0.815 (0.000) *** −0.838 (0.000) *** −0.795 (0.000) *** −0.800 (0.000) ***
Asset index (z-score)   2.011 (0.018) ***   2.277 (0.019) ***   1.709 (0.017) ***   1.990 (0.018) ***   2.057 (0.018) ***   2.288 (0.019) ***   2.046 (0.019) ***   2.066 (0.019) ***
HH is owned by one of its members   0.508 (0.026) ***   0.452 (0.026) ***   0.544 (0.026) ***   0.515 (0.026) ***   0.499 (0.026) ***   0.449 (0.026) ***   0.477 (0.026) ***   0.476 (0.026) ***
Schooling of HH head (years) −1.278 (0.003) *** −1.243 (0.003) *** −1.195 (0.003) *** −1.272 (0.003) *** −1.277 (0.003) *** −1.242 (0.003) *** −1.157 (0.003) *** −1.178 (0.003) ***
HH income (in 1,000s MXN) −0.051 (0.001) −0.025 (0.001) −0.023 (0.001) −0.054 (0.001) −0.046 (0.001) −0.024 (0.001) −0.002 (0.001) −0.003 (0.001)
Age of HH head (years) −1.251 (0.001) *** −1.242 (0.001) *** −1.254 (0.001) *** −1.262 (0.001) *** −1.250 (0.001) *** −1.242 (0.001) *** −1.245 (0.001) *** −1.268 (0.001) ***
Children under 5 in HH (No.) −0.880 (0.015) *** −0.888 (0.015) *** −0.879 (0.015) *** −0.888 (0.015) *** −0.883 (0.015) *** −0.889 (0.015) *** −0.891 (0.015) *** −0.889 (0.015) ***
2010 Census (REF = 2010 Census) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
State fixed effects? No No No Yes No No No Yes

  N (households) 305,290 305,290 305,290 305,290 305,290 305,290 305,290 305,290
***

p < 0.001

**

p < 0.01

*

p < 0.05

0.10

Source: pooled 2000 & 2010 Mexican Census long form sample data from IPUMS. see Appendix I for specific variable sources.