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^*
𝐶1	−0.25	−5.23^*	−0.24	−4.26^*	−0.43	−3.34^*	−0.08	−0.58
𝐶2	−0.42	−8.65^*	−0.57	−9.64^*	−0.26	−3.36^*	−0.43	−3.81^*
𝐶3	−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	—

^*Significant at 1%.