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Table 3 Ordinary least squares regressions predicting self-assessed Health, Ireland

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

Variables

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

TP (ref: NTP)

− 0.16 (0.10)

−0.13 (0.10)

− 0.14 (0.10)

− 0.14 (0.10)

− 0.03 (0.10)

− 0.07 (0.12)

Sex of the parent (ref: female)

 

0.19* (0.10)

0.17* (0.10)

0.17* (0.10)

0.19* (0.10)

0.19* (0.10)

Age (years)

 

−0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

− 0.01 (0.01)

Marital status (ref: Single)

 

0.06 (0.23)

0.07 (0.23)

0.07 (0.23)

0.04 (0.23)

0.08 (0.24)

Level of Education

 

0.08*** (0.03)

0.07** (0.03)

0.07** (0.03)

0.05* (0.03)

0.05* (0.03)

House ownership in the Netherlands (ref: does not own house)

  

0.08 (0.13)

0.08 (0.13)

−0.03 (0.13)

−0.03 (0.13)

Number of assets in Nigeria

  

0.06** (0.03)

0.06** (0.03)

0.05* (0.03)

0.05* (0.03)

Number of people in the host country migrant relies for help

    

0.03 (0.05)

0.04 (0.05)

Documented status (ref: undocumented)

    

0.33** (0.16)

0.37** (0.16)

Number of years in the host country

    

0.02 (0.02)

0.01 (0.02)

Quality of relationship with child (1–6)

    

(0.02)

(0.02)

Intercept

     

0.04 (0.05)

N

4.40*** (0.07)

3.73*** (0.39)

3.87*** (0.40)

3.87*** (0.40)

3.84*** (0.42)

3.72*** (0.43)

R 2

308

307

305

305

298

295

R-squared

0.009

0.059

0.069

0.069

0.097

0.103

  1. Numbers in parenthesis are robust standard errors
  2. TP transnational parents, NTP non-transnational parents, Ref. reference
  3. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1
  4. Source: Omitted for Anonymity