Beyond Networks: Health, Crime, and Migration in Mexico
Table 2
Probit results: health and migration.
Dependent variable: migrated (+)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Heart Condition
0.280
(0.174)
Hypertension
0.063
(0.085)
Diabetes
−0.153
(0.183)
Obesity
−0.100*
(0.054)
Ulcers
0.010
(0.082)
General health status
−0.029
(0.043)
Relative health status
−0.020
(0.041)
Age
−0.018***
−0.018***
−0.018***
−0.020***
−0.018***
−0.018***
−0.017***
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.003)
(0.003)
Male
0.198***
0.199***
0.194***
0.183***
0.195***
0.173***
0.172***
(0.045)
(0.046)
(0.045)
(0.043)
(0.045)
(0.042)
(0.042)
Married
0.671***
0.671***
0.671***
0.676***
0.671***
0.649***
0.648***
(0.057)
(0.057)
(0.057)
(0.060)
(0.057)
(0.057)
(0.057)
Education years
0.016***
0.016***
0.016***
0.018***
0.016***
0.017***
0.017***
(0.006)
(0.006)
(0.006)
(0.006)
(0.006)
(0.006)
(0.006)
Activity
−0.020
−0.022
−0.020
−0.014
−0.021
0.006
0.006
(0.055)
(0.056)
(0.055)
(0.058)
(0.055)
(0.052)
(0.052)
Head of household
−1.358***
−1.358***
−1.356***
−1.371***
−1.356***
−1.331***
−1.330***
(0.084)
(0.084)
(0.084)
(0.083)
(0.084)
(0.078)
(0.079)
Family size
0.056***
0.056***
0.056***
0.058***
0.056***
0.062***
0.062***
(0.016)
(0.016)
(0.016)
(0.016)
(0.016)
(0.014)
(0.014)
Family kids
−0.088***
−0.088***
−0.088***
−0.080***
−0.088***
−0.094***
−0.094***
(0.023)
(0.023)
(0.023)
(0.023)
(0.023)
(0.021)
(0.021)
Family elders
−0.129***
−0.130***
−0.132***
−0.134***
−0.130***
−0.144***
−0.144***
(0.048)
(0.048)
(0.048)
(0.046)
(0.048)
(0.046)
(0.046)
Phone
0.071
0.072
0.072
0.070
0.072
0.075
0.073
(0.051)
(0.051)
(0.051)
(0.051)
(0.051)
(0.048)
(0.048)
Own house
−0.126**
−0.127**
−0.127**
−0.129*
−0.127**
−0.139**
−0.139**
(0.064)
(0.064)
(0.064)
(0.067)
(0.064)
(0.061)
(0.061)
Own real estate
0.052
0.051
0.052
0.048
0.051
0.062
0.062
(0.053)
(0.053)
(0.053)
(0.061)
(0.053)
(0.052)
(0.052)
Family highest education
−0.062**
−0.063***
−0.064***
−0.078***
−0.063***
−0.071***
−0.072***
(0.024)
(0.024)
(0.024)
(0.024)
(0.024)
(0.024)
(0.024)
Income decile
−0.029***
−0.029***
−0.029***
−0.036***
−0.028***
−0.030***
−0.030***
(0.008)
(0.008)
(0.009)
(0.010)
(0.008)
(0.008)
(0.008)
Indigenous
−0.010
−0.009
−0.011
0.010
−0.010
−0.004
−0.002
(0.077)
(0.077)
(0.077)
(0.073)
(0.077)
(0.076)
(0.076)
Health coverage
−0.034
−0.035
−0.033
−0.076
−0.034
−0.037
−0.038
(0.052)
(0.052)
(0.052)
(0.051)
(0.052)
(0.047)
(0.046)
Progresa/Procampo
−0.082
−0.083
−0.084
−0.071
−0.083
−0.075
−0.075
(0.075)
(0.075)
(0.075)
(0.075)
(0.075)
(0.074)
(0.074)
Rural
−0.064
−0.064
−0.063
−0.077
−0.063
−0.068
−0.067
(0.065)
(0.065)
(0.065)
(0.068)
(0.065)
(0.063)
(0.064)
US migrant households
0.020***
0.020***
0.020***
0.014***
0.020***
0.016***
0.017***
(0.004)
(0.004)
(0.004)
(0.005)
(0.004)
(0.004)
(0.004)
Constant
−0.692***
−0.689***
−0.703***
−0.545***
−0.692***
−0.665***
−0.684***
(0.144)
(0.144)
(0.147)
(0.160)
(0.144)
(0.148)
(0.149)
Observations
11,665
11,665
11,665
11,291
11,665
12,961
12,961
Notes: robust standard errors in parentheses. , , and . US migrant households is instrumented using distance to nearest railroad stop. (+) Migrated refers to local, domestic, or international migration.
