Research Article
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* | | −0.19 | −4.54* | 0.00 | 0.01 | −0.39 | −3.38* | 0.08 | 0.70 | | −0.38 | −8.77* | −0.53 | −10.04* | −0.33 | −4.52* | −0.36 | −3.67* | | −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 | — |
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*Significant at 1%.
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