Parameter Evaluation for a Statistical Mechanical Model for Binary Choice with Social Interaction

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:5.76em"/><col style="width:3.94em"/><col style="width:3.78em"/><col style="width:3.61em"/><col style="width:6.93em"/><col style="width:5.23em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center" colspan="5">Estimates</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Parameters</td><td class="align_center">Ghana</td><td class="align_center">Kenya</td><td class="align_center">Egypt</td><td class="align_center">Dominican R.</td><td class="align_center">Indonesia</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> <svg height="12.4307pt" id="M204" style="vertical-align:-3.18149pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.24921 12.1315 12.4307" width="12.1315pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,1.227,-.222)"><path d="M470 557C393 591 314 624 246 666H224C156 624 76 591 0 557L12 532C86 550 163 573 235 596C309 572 384 550 458 532L470 557Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M545 106L524 126C493 85 467 65 455 65C438 65 427 113 405 238C448 295 498 362 543 439L533 448L478 435C453 386 423 331 398 295H395C370 404 347 448 282 448C169 448 23 309 23 153C23 54 65 -12 128 -12C203 -12 283 70 339 155H341C360 29 380 -12 411 -12C444 -12 491 11 545 106ZM333 204C265 95 210 54 169 54C137 54 113 96 113 171C113 302 191 405 252 405C301 405 318 306 333 204Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.059,3.132)"><path d="M389 0V32C297 38 291 46 291 118V635C234 613 175 595 109 583V556L161 554C203 552 207 547 207 497V118C207 46 201 38 110 32V0H389Z"></path></g></svg></td><td class="align_center">-0.29</td><td class="align_center">-0.26</td><td class="align_center">-0.41</td><td class="align_center">0.04</td><td class="align_center">-0.36</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> <svg height="12.4307pt" id="M205" style="vertical-align:-3.18149pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.24921 12.1315 12.4307" width="12.1315pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,1.227,-.222)"><path d="M470 557C393 591 314 624 246 666H224C156 624 76 591 0 557L12 532C86 550 163 573 235 596C309 572 384 550 458 532L470 557Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M545 106L524 126C493 85 467 65 455 65C438 65 427 113 405 238C448 295 498 362 543 439L533 448L478 435C453 386 423 331 398 295H395C370 404 347 448 282 448C169 448 23 309 23 153C23 54 65 -12 128 -12C203 -12 283 70 339 155H341C360 29 380 -12 411 -12C444 -12 491 11 545 106ZM333 204C265 95 210 54 169 54C137 54 113 96 113 171C113 302 191 405 252 405C301 405 318 306 333 204Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.059,3.132)"><path d="M414 144C384 79 371 75 317 75H135L276 221C367 316 408 376 408 465C408 570 327 635 237 635C179 635 131 609 100 575L42 494L67 471C94 510 138 565 205 565C277 565 321 517 321 435C321 348 258 270 195 195C146 137 88 81 33 26V0H411C423 44 433 88 446 135L414 144Z"></path></g></svg></td><td class="align_center">0.52</td><td class="align_center">0.43</td><td class="align_center">0.44</td><td class="align_center">0.39</td><td class="align_center">0.42</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> <svg height="12.5403pt" id="M206" style="vertical-align:-3.29109pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -9.24921 12.1315 12.5403" width="12.1315pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,1.227,-.222)"><path d="M470 557C393 591 314 624 246 666H224C156 624 76 591 0 557L12 532C86 550 163 573 235 596C309 572 384 550 458 532L470 557Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M545 106L524 126C493 85 467 65 455 65C438 65 427 113 405 238C448 295 498 362 543 439L533 448L478 435C453 386 423 331 398 295H395C370 404 347 448 282 448C169 448 23 309 23 153C23 54 65 -12 128 -12C203 -12 283 70 339 155H341C360 29 380 -12 411 -12C444 -12 491 11 545 106ZM333 204C265 95 210 54 169 54C137 54 113 96 113 171C113 302 191 405 252 405C301 405 318 306 333 204Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.059,3.132)"><path d="M245 635C92 635 37 457 37 312C37 149 91 -12 244 -12C395 -12 449 166 449 312C449 469 395 635 245 635ZM243 598C332 598 358 454 358 312C358 173 334 26 245 26C158 26 128 174 128 313S152 598 243 598Z"></path></g></svg></td><td class="align_center">0.43</td><td class="align_center">0.84</td><td class="align_center">0.62</td><td class="align_center">0.75</td><td class="align_center">1.05</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Educational Attainment: Estimates for the non-interacting model.</div>

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Table 3: Parameter Evaluation for a Statistical Mechanical Model for Binary Choice with Social Interaction 