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. 2019 Apr 2;14(4):e0214511. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214511

Table 2. Statistical analysis of dependencies between household characteristics and stated personal reasons for migration in Uttarkhand, Northern India.

Education Employment
and income
Facilities Development project
(Tehri dam)
Life quality Other
District of origin P = 0.285 P = 0.025 P = 0,59 (2) P = 0.007 (4) P = 0.346 (4) P = 0.352 (4)
Household size(1) P = 0.199 P = 0.695 P = 0.769 P = 0.154 P = 0.419 P = 0.334
Gender HHH P = 0.8 P = 0.518 P = 0.67 P = 0.152 P = 0.197 (4) P = 0.628 (3)
Educational level(1) HHH P = 0.393 P = 0.241 P = 0.526 P = 0.507 P = 0.784 P = 0.747
Land holding (1) P = 0.608 P = 0.068 P = 0.475 P = 0.156 P = 0.017
cc = 0.240
P = 0.139
Involved in agriculture P = 0.859 (4) P = 0.788 (4) P = 0.945 (3) P = 0.673 (3) P = 0.525 (3) P = 0.099 (3)

(1) Spearman correlation, all others: Chi2 test; cc = Correlation coefficient; significant influence is highlighted in bold.

(2) 16.7% of the cells have an expected P value of <5

(3) 25% of the cells have an expected P of <5

(4) 33.3% or more of the cells have an expected P of <5.