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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Urban Reg Res. 2018 Jul 20;44(3):484–504. doi: 10.1111/1468-2427.12649

Table 5.

Coefficients of Logistic Regressions on Chinese, Math and Awards for Left-Behind Children (LBC)

Chinese
Math
Awards
Key Independent Variables Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2
Family arrangement (Ref.=LBC with others)
    LBC with mother 7.895 0.318 6.408 0.260 12.070 + 0.916 +
    LBC with grandparents 14.024 ** 0.092 9.424 + 0.195 7.361 −0.001
Gender of child (Ref.=Girls) −1.197 ** −3.266 −0.441 2.279 −0.320 −5.255
Number of moves in cities na na na na na na
Child’s living space 1.8E-04 −2.4E-04 0.001 1.2E-04 0.004 0.002
Control Variables
Age of child 0.036 0.040 0.014 0.004 0.060 0.051
Mother’se education 0.096 * 0.091 * 0.036 0.035 0.068 0.046
Father’s education −0.015 −0.021 0.041 0.031 0.040 0.046
Number of siblings −0.280 −0.179 −0.249 −0.173 0.076 0.127
Wage income in 2008 (in log form) 1.341 *** 0.541 + 0.832 * 0.555 * 0.872 * 0.153
Duration of stay in the cities 0.059 * 0.044 0.072 ** 0.042 0.058 * 0.026
Interactions:
LBC with mother × Boys −0.435 −0.126 −0.255
LBC with grandparents × Boys 0.506 0.178 −0.108
LBC with mother × Wage in 2008 −0.715 −0.560 −0.975
LBC with grandparents × Wage in 2008 −1.359 ** −0.908 + −0.678
LBC with mother × Child’s living space 0.001 −0.003 −0.010 +
LBC with grandparents × Child’s living space −0.001 0.001 −0.003
Boys ×Wage income in 2008 0.208 −0.294 0.443
Boys × Duration of stay in the city 0.018 0.043 0.052
Boys × Child’s living space 0.000 0.001 −0.002
Intercept 1 10.970 ** 2.798 6.327 3.154 −11.077 * −3.036
Intercept 2 12.506 *** 4.287 7.786 * 4.591 +
Intercept 3 14.643 *** 6.370 * 9.511 ** 6.308 *
Intercept 4 16.176 *** 7.873 * 10.966 ** 7.752 **
Number of Cases 320 320 320 320 320 320
Prob > F 0.000 0.000 0.072 0.033 0.187 0.113

Note:

+

significant at 0.1 level

*

0.05 level

**

0.01 level

***

0.001 level