Foreign connections and the difference they make: how migrant ties influence political interest and attitudes in Mexico

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 3 Migration effect of immigrant relatives and remittances on political interest, talk, and efficacy of Mexican elections

	Treatment 1: Has immigrant relative in U.S						Treatment 2: Has immigrant relative in U.S & receives remittances
	Wave 1		Wave 2		Wave 3		Wave 1		Wave 2		Wave 3
	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE	Coeff.	SE
Interest in Politics	–0.20	0.21	0.22	0.25	0.10	0.25	–0.57	0.30	0.62	0.36	0.94	0.37*
Political Talk	0.55	0.2**	0.13	0.19	0.44	0.2*	–0.18	0.27	0.06	0.27	–0.33	0.27
Efficacy of Elections					–0.12	0.22					–0.77	0.33*

Source: Lawson et al. (2007). Authors' calculations using doubly robust estimation with propensity score weighting in R. Control variables omitted. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01 ***p < 0.001