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Table 6 Ordinary Least Squares regressions predicting satisfaction with life, The Netherlands

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

TP (ref: NTP)

−0.34*** (0.10)

− 0.37*** (0.10)

− 0.22** (0.11)

−0.20* (0.12)

− 0.08 (0.12)

Sex of the parent (ref: female)

 

0.18* (0.11)

0.12 (0.11)

0.14 (0.11)

0.15 (0.11)

Age (years)

 

0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

0.00 (0.01)

0.00 (0.01)

Marital status (ref: Single)

 

0.42** (0.18)

0.38** (0.17)

0.36** (0.17)

0.29 (0.18)

Level of Education

 

0.06** (0.03)

0.05** (0.03)

0.05* (0.03)

0.05* (0.03)

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

  

0.44*** (0.11)

0.44*** (0.11)

0.41*** (0.11)

Number of assets in Nigeria

  

0.01 (0.01)

0.00 (0.02)

−0.00 (0.02)

Number of people in the host country migrant counts on for help

   

0.02 (0.02)

0.03 (0.02)

Documented status (ref: undocumented)

   

0.03 (0.18)

0.06 (0.18)

Number of years in the host country

   

0.00 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

Quality of relationship with child (1–6)

    

−0.25*** (0.08)

Intercept

4.10*** (0.06)

2.81*** (0.40)

2.82*** (0.40)

2.81*** (0.41)

3.22*** (0.43)

N

297

297

297

287

285

R 2

0.036

0.133

0.173

0.175

0.221

  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(two-tailed test)
  4. Source: Omitted for Anonymity