Transnational migration, health and well-being: Nigerian parents in Ireland and the Netherlands

Comparative Migration Studies

Table 2 Descriptive Statistics by Transnational Parenting

	Ireland N = 308			The Netherlands N = 297
	NTP	TP	P-value	NTP	TP	P-value
Well-being outcomes
Self –assessed health status	4.40	4.23	0.10	4.17	4.13	0.65
Satisfaction with Life	3.99	3.73	0.02^**	4.10	3.77	0.00^***
General Health Questionnaire Scores	2.40	3.28	0.04^**	1.19	2.53	0.00^***
Socio-demographic characteristics
Sex of the parent (1 = male,)	0.47	0.47	0.96	0.48	0.71	0.00^***
Age of the parent (years)	38.28	39.41	0.09^*	37.99	39.61	0.02^**
Marital Status of the parent (1 = married/in a relationship)	0.94	0.93	0.61	0.87	0.84	0.44
Highest level of education in levels	9.38	8.97	0.10	8.92	8.77	0.60
Owns house in host country(1 = yes)
Number of assets owned in Nigeria	0.17	0.12	0.30	0.36	0.07	0.00^***
Social network variables
Number of people in host country migrant relies on for help	0.62	0.43	0.07^*	0.32	0.75	0.01^**
Migration variables
Documented status (1 = documented)	0.88	0.56	0.00^***	0.93	0.73	0.00^***
Length of stay in host country (years)	7.50	6.29	0.00^***	10.22	6.36	0.00^***
Quality of relationship with a child (ren)	1.27	2.40	0.00^***	1.24	1.73	0.00^***

P-values indicate statistical significance in the differences between Transnational parents (TP) and the control group of the non-transnational parents (NTP)
^*** p < 0.01, ^**p < 0.05, ^*p < 0.1 (two-tailed test)
Source: Omitted for Anonymity