Migration and child health in Moldova and Georgia

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 2 Parental migration, marital status and children’s health

	Moldova						Georgia
	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3		Model 4		Model 5		Model 6
Type of separation (ref. parents in the country and in a marital union)
Parents in the country and divorced	0.81	[0.21,3.09]	0.95	[0.23,3.85]	0.91	[0.21,3.85]	0.79	[0.15,3.98]	0.96	[0.18,5.05]	0.98	[0.15,6.074]
Parent(s) abroad and in a marital union	3.25^**	[1.34,7.91]	3.47^**	[1.41,8.57]	3.26^*	[1.28,8.32]	4.10^*	[1.04,9.16]	3.28^*	[0.80,8.89]	4.85^*	[1.16,9.17]
Parent(s) abroad and divorced	1.60	[0.27,9.54]	1.99	[0.32,12.3]	1.66	[0.27,9.99]	0.39	[0.04,3.62]	0.43	[0.07,4.15]	0.42	[0.04,3.72]
Female ^* parent(s) abroad and in a marital union							0.38^*	[0.15,0.93]	0.43^*	[0.17,1.07]	0.35^*	[0.14,0.88]
N	1601		1601		1601		1193		1193		1193
Wald χ²	17.61		45.46		88.99		32.51		38.34		98.65
McFadden’s pseudo-R²	0.11		0.10		0.11		0.15		0.17		0.16
Log-pseudolikelihood	−2345.12		−2838.91		−2479.67		−681.83		−675.93		−593.72

Notes. Reported results are odds ratios; 95% confidence intervals in brackets. Models 1 and 4 include the variable of interest (the type of separation) and child-level characteristics (gender and age). Models 2 and 5 add household- and caregiver-level characteristics (caregiver’s education, living and housing conditions, number of children, child-caregiver relationship, and caregiver’s happiness status. Models 3 and 6 add the region indicator
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001