Beyond Networks: Health, Crime, and Migration in Mexico

Table 4

Probit results: health and migration by gender.

Dependent variable: migrated	All	Males domestic	International	All	Females domestic	International
Heart condition	−0.030	0.470	0.114	0.467**	0.176	0.398
	(0.284)	(0.474)	(0.302)	(0.205)	(0.320)	(0.264)
Hypertension	0.184	0.185	0.399*	0.035	0.213	0.112
	(0.142)	(0.318)	(0.208)	(0.097)	(0.137)	(0.183)
Diabetes	−0.168	−0.186	−0.500	−0.102	0.112	0.871
	(0.233)	−0.403	(0.308)	(0.261)	(0.376)	−0.201
Obesity	−0.020	−0.024	−0.027	−0.141	−0.061	−0.147
	(0.082)	(0.141)	(0.115)	(0.086)	(0.142)	(0.144)
Ulcers	0.026	−0.045	0.006	0.010	0.128	0.178
	(0.130)	(0.269)	(0.197)	(0.108)	(0.180)	(0.194)
General health status	−0.004	0.011	−0.081	−0.064	−0.059	−0.027
	(0.059)	(0.103)	(0.080)	(0.064)	(0.099)	(0.087)
Relative health status	−0.125**	−0.009	−0.169*	0.081	−0.008	0.218**
	(0.063)	(0.088)	(0.097)	(0.061)	(0.082)	(0.098)

Notes: robust standard errors in parentheses. ^∗∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗𝑃<0.1.
US migrant households is instrumented using distance to nearest railroad stop.