Table 2:
Migration selection: Logistic regression results for the association between migration in the future and pre-migration characteristics, 2008-2010 MLSFH
| Model 1- Child health | Model 2- Child characteristics | Model 3- Children, mothers, households | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odds Ratios | 95% CI | Odds Ratios | 95% CI | Odds Ratios | 95% CI | |
| Child characteristics | ||||||
| Child health | 1.22 | 0.925-1.598 | 1.22 | 0.928-1.604 | 1.19 | 0.913-1.561 |
| Age | 0.97 | 0.903-1.040 | 1.01 | 0.932-1.085 | ||
| Level of education | ||||||
| None (reference) | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ||
| Primary | 0.99 | 0.608-1.622 | 0.93 | 0.561-1.527 | ||
| Male | 0.91 | 0.674-1.229 | 0.94 | 0.686-1.284 | ||
| Slept in household last night | 1.24 | 0.589-2.609 | 1.38 | 0.647-2.959 | ||
| Mother characteristics | ||||||
| Mother’s health | 1.07 | 0.788-1.461 | ||||
| Number of children | 0.96 | 0.816-1.128 | ||||
| Mother’s age | 0.99 | 0.957-1.028 | ||||
| Mother’s marital status | ||||||
| Currently married (reference) | ---- | ---- | ||||
| Divorced/separated | 0.57 | 0.175-1.863 | ||||
| Widowed | 1.34 | 0.393-4.590 | ||||
| Mother’s education | ||||||
| None (reference) | ---- | ---- | ||||
| Primary | 2.10 | 0.992-4.433 | ||||
| Secondary or higher | 3.53 | 1.053-11.800 | ||||
| HIV infected | 3.41 | 1.747-6.656 | ||||
| Household characteristics | ||||||
| Region of residence | ||||||
| Central (reference) | ---- | ---- | ||||
| South | 0.45 | 0.235-0.845 | ||||
| North | 0.47 | 0.262-0.835 | ||||
| Household wealth | 0.95 | 0.835-1.087 | ||||
| Husband resides in household | 0.42 | 0.180-0.964 | ||||
| N= | 2131 children, 962 mothers/households | |||||
Notes: standard errors are clustered by mother/household; instances where 95% CIs do not overlap with 1 are in bold font. Other measures such as the number of people who provide assistance (financial and non-financial) to the mother, and number of lifetime marriages were not associated with the outcome and were dropped from the final analyses.