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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 28.
Published in final edited form as: Chin Sociol Rev. 2019 Jul 26;51:365–396. doi: 10.1080/21620555.2019.1635879

Table 2.

Nested Logit Model: Employment Status (Reference=Full-time Employment) on Family Circumstances

M1 (all women) M2 (married women) M3 (married women)
Un-employed Part-time employment Un-employed Part-time employment Un-employed Part-time employment
Married (Ref: Unmarried) 1.357*** −0.009
(0.121) (0.091)
Have very young children 1.053*** −0.629 −0.118 −1.698
(0.054) (0.328) (0.086) (1.126)
Coreside with very young children 1.368*** 1.616
(0.111) (1.155)
Have young children 0.136** −0.956* −0.402*** −1.437
(0.043) (0.437) (0.084) (0.997)
Coreside with young children 0.676*** 1.064
(0.088) (0.856)
Have children at school age −0.041 −0.276 −0.543*** −0.802
(0.048) (0.302) (0.062) (0.602)
Coreside with children at school age 0.626*** 0.883
(0.067) (0.576)
Education (Ref: Primary school or lower)
 Middle school −0.145 0.111 −0.244*** −2.184* −0.205*** −1.490
(0.074) (1.092) (0.059) (0.892) (0.059) (0.940)
 High school or above −0.297*** 0.108 −0.383*** −1.524** −0.384*** −1.099
(0.083) (1.071) (0.055) (0.557) (0.052) (0.633)
Coreside with husband (Ref: not co-resident) 0.742*** −1.021 0.503*** −0.991
(0.088) (0.606) (0.080) (0.725)
Other variables controlled Yes Yes Yes
N 81826 65030 65030
AIC 84860 69237 68340
BIC 85183 69563 68666

Note: Coefficients in cells. Robust Standard Errors adjusted for clusters in province in parentheses.

*

p < 0.05,

**

p < 0.01,

***

p < 0.001

Other variables controlled: Age; Hukou status: non-agriculture hukou (Ref: agriculture hukou); Resident permit: temporary resident permit, no resident permit (Ref: resident permit); Co-residence with mother or mother in-law: co-resident (Ref: not co-resident); Age at first migration; Age at the start of the current migration spell; Purpose of the current migration spell (retrospectively reported): employment-motivated (Ref: unemployment-motivated); Distance of migration: inter-province migration (Ref: intra-province migration); Region of destination cities: East coast, West, Northeast (Ref: Central); Level of destination cities: capitals of provinces or specialized cities (Ref: other cities). Variables controlled in models for married sample : Age of spouse; Spouse’s educational levels: middle school, high school or above (Ref: primary school or lower).