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Table 7 Ordinary Least Squares regressions predicting emotional well-being, 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)

0.88** (0.43)

0.70* (0.42)

0.59 (0.42)

0.59 (0.42)

− 0.37 (0.43)

− 0.30 (0.49)

Sex of the parent (ref: female)

 

0.17 (0.43)

0.28 (0.43)

0.28 (0.43)

0.08 (0.43)

0.09 (0.43)

Age (years)

 

−0.01 (0.04)

−0.00 (0.04)

− 0.00 (0.04)

0.03 (0.04)

0.03 (0.04)

Marital status (ref: Single)

 

−2.46*** (1.01)

−2.50** (0.97)

−2.50** (0.97)

−2.36*** (0.83)

−2.64*** (0.85)

Level of Education

 

−0.36*** (0.11)

−0.34*** (0.11)

− 0.34*** (0.11)

−0.19* (0.11)

− 0.19* (0.11)

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

  

−1.46*** (0.51)

−1.46*** (0.51)

−0.70 (0.52)

−0.62 (0.52)

Number of assets in Nigeria

  

0.01 (0.15)

0.01 (0.15)

0.00 (0.16)

0.02 (0.16)

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

    

−0.33 (0.22)

− 0.30 (0.22)

Documented status (ref: undocumented)

    

−3.02*** (0.67)

−2.74*** (0.67)

Number of years in the host country

    

0.01 (0.09)

−0.01 (0.09)

Quality of relationship with child (1–6)

     

−0.01 (0.22)

Intercept

2.40***

8.31***

8.13***

8.13***

8.27***

8.33***

N

308

307

305

305

298

295

R 2

0.014

0.101

0.121

0.121

0.213

0.207

  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