Incidence of Child Labour and Child Schooling in India: Pattern and Determinants

Table 4

Determinants of incidence of child labour, separate analysis.

Variable	Rural boys		Rural girls		Urban boys		Urban girls
	Coefficient	z-statistic	Coefficient	z-statistic	Coefficient	z-statistic	Coefficient	z-statistic
HH	−0.09	−16.33^*	−0.11	−17.39^*	−0.05	−5.32^*	−0.10	−8.15^*
MPCE	0.00	−20.13^*	0.00	−14.63^*	0.00	−15.53^*	0.00	−12.28^*
𝐶1	−0.19	−4.54^*	0.00	0.01	−0.39	−3.38^*	0.08	0.70
𝐶2	−0.38	−8.77^*	−0.53	−10.04^*	−0.33	−4.52^*	−0.36	−3.67^*
𝐶3	−0.38	−10.17^*	−0.28	−6.36^*	−0.25	−4.52^*	−0.16	−2.18^*
R	0.03	0.85	−0.25	−5.55^*	0.21	3.64^*	0.13	1.82
FEDU1	−0.47	−13.89^*	−0.46	−12.22^*	−0.48	−8.87^*	−0.32	−4.63^*
FEDU2	−0.82	−10.75^*	−0.84	−9.84^*	−0.88	−7.70^*	−0.63	−4.46^*
MEDU1	−0.43	−9.58^*	−0.55	−10.91^*	−0.43	−6.82^*	−0.46	−5.78^*
MEDU2	−0.55	−3.92^*	−4.00	−0.04	−0.97	−4.19^*	−0.97	−3.26^*
Number of obsn.	36328	—	30093	—	17007	—	15140	—
Sum squared residuals	863.91	—	669.44	—	349.90	—	173.97	—
Log likelihood	−3959.37	—	−3088.39	—	−1483.43	—	−869.77	—

^*Significant at 1%.