Table 3.
Coefficients from multilevel OLS regression to estimate the relationships between migration experience and functional difficulty (N = 1373).
| Measures | Functional Difficulty |
|---|---|
| Migration Experience | |
| Number of years lived outside birthplace | 0.013** (2.63) |
| Controls | |
| Age | |
| Age cohort 1 (Ref: 65 and above) | – |
| Age cohort 2 (55–64) | −0.609** (3.02) |
| Age cohort 3 (45–54) | −0.291 (1.52) |
| Gender (female=1) | 1.096*** (8.31) |
| Marital status (currently married=1) | −0.049 (0.28) |
| Number of years of schooling | −0.043** (2.99) |
| Number of years of non-family work | −0.001 (0.21) |
| Ethnicity (Brahmin/Chhetri, reference group) | – |
| Dalit | 0.385+ (1.81) |
| Hill Janajati | −0.474** (2.75) |
| Newar | −0.184 (0.78) |
| Terai Janajati | 0.442+ (1.88) |
| Household land holding (kattha) | −0.005* (2.00) |
| Childhood community context | −0.090* (2.04) |
| School within 15 min walk | 0.015 (1.50) |
| Health service within 15 min walk | −0.004 (0.93) |
| Distance to urban center | 0.004 (0.17) |
| Intercept | 3.279 *** (9.51) |
| -2 Res Log Likelihood | 5911.5 |
| ICC | 0.031 |
t-statistic *** = p<.001; ** = p<.01; * = p<.05; + = <0.10 Figures in parenthesis indicate t-values.