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Table 8 Ordinary Least Squares regressions predicting emotional well-being, 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

Model 6

TP (ref: NTP)

1.34*** (0.36)

1.25*** (0.34)

1.00*** (0.37)

1.00*** (0.37)

0.55 (0.39)

0.41 (0.43)

Sex of the parent (ref: female)

 

−0.21 (0.40)

−0.10 (0.41)

−0.10 (0.41)

−0.14 (0.39)

− 0.18 (0.39)

Age (years)

 

0.04 (0.04)

0.04 (0.04)

0.04 (0.04)

0.02 (0.04)

0.02 (0.04)

Marital status (ref: Single)

 

−1.88***

−1.81***

−1.81***

−1.39**

−1.28**

Level of Education

 

−0.34*** (0.08)

−0.32*** (0.08)

− 0.32*** (0.08)

−0.21** (0.09)

− 0.21** (0.09)

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

  

−0.66* (0.34)

−0.66* (0.34)

− 0.47 (0.35)

−0.40 (0.35)

Number of assets in Nigeria

  

−0.03 (0.04)

−0.03 (0.04)

− 0.03 (0.05)

−0.03 (0.05)

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

    

0.15 (0.12)

0.14 (0.12)

Documented status (ref: undocumented)

    

−2.74*** (0.61)

−2.76*** (0.61)

Number of years in the host country

    

0.02 (0.04)

0.02 (0.04)

Quality of relationship with child (1–6)

     

0.33 (0.26)

Intercept

1.19*** (0.20)

4.59*** (1.58)

4.48*** (1.58)

4.48*** (1.58)

6.08*** (1.51)

5.55*** (1.59)

N

296

296

296

296

286

284

R 2

0.047

0.191

0.200

0.200

0.298

0.305

  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