Research Article
Incidence of Child Labour and Child Schooling in India: Pattern and Determinants
Table 5
Determinants of incidence of drop out, separate analysis.
| Variable | Rural boys | Rural girls | Urban boys | Urban girls | Coefficient | z-statistic | Coefficient | z-statistic | Coefficient | z-statistic | Coefficient | z-statistic |
| HH | −0.14 | −21.46* | −0.16 | −20.74* | −0.11 | −10.76* | −0.12 | −8.32* | MPCE | 0.00 | −15.80* | 0.00 | −12.17* | 0.00 | −13.85* | 0.00 | −11.26* | | −0.25 | −5.23* | −0.24 | −4.26* | −0.43 | −3.34* | −0.08 | −0.58 | | −0.42 | −8.65* | −0.57 | −9.64* | −0.26 | −3.36* | −0.43 | −3.81* | | −0.44 | −10.72* | −0.33 | −7.07* | −0.22 | −3.71* | −0.15 | −1.94 | R | 0.05 | 1.21 | −0.22 | −4.37* | 0.18 | 3.02* | 0.01 | 0.16 | FEDU1 | −0.36 | −9.77* | −0.30 | −7.01* | −0.35 | −5.93* | −0.23 | −2.99* | FEDU2 | −0.70 | −8.73* | −0.67 | −7.59* | −0.60 | −5.87* | −0.68 | −4.15* | MEDU1 | −0.33 | −7.14* | −0.41 | −7.93* | −0.22 | −3.57* | −0.37 | −4.31* | MEDU2 | −0.70 | −4.23* | −0.63 | −4.06* | −0.46 | −3.24* | −0.46 | −2.21* | Number of obsn. | 36328 | — | 30093 | — | 17007 | — | 15140 | — | Sum squared residuals | 614.23 | — | 427.42 | — | 255.36 | — | 122.11 | — | Log likelihood | −3128.56 | — | −2301.92 | — | −1268.96 | — | −679.57 | — |
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*Significant at 1%.
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