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Table 1 Determinants of attrition

From: What happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?

 

Dep. Var. (Attrition = 1)

 

Linear

Probit

 

Prob. Model

dF/dx

Metropolitan (omitted)

  

Lower Urban

−0.061***

−0.039***

Lower Rural

−0.056***

−0.043***

Upper Urban

−0.045**

−0.029**

Upper Rural

−0.063***

−0.046***

Male

0.041***

0.030***

Working Housewife

−0.024

−0.029*

Married

−0.091***

−0.059***

Age

−0.022***

−0.017***

Age-squared

0.000***

0.0001***

Illiterate/no formal schooling (omitted)

  

Basic education/literacy

0.008

0.010

Completed Primary

0.004

0.006

Secondary education

−0.005

−0.003

University degree

0.025

0.022

wage worker public (omitted)

  

wage worker private

0.018

0.015

employer

−0.019

−0.015

self employed

−0.002

−0.001

unpaid worker

0.007

0.002

Agriculture (omitted)

  

Manu/Const

−0.032*

−0.025**

Trade/Services

−0.021

−0.022*

Log per capita consumption

0.008

0.009

Earnings in 2008

−0.000**

0.000

Constant

0.635***

 

n

4160

4160

R-squared / Pseudo R-squared

0.076

0.112

  1. Notes: legend: * p < 0.10; ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01. Probit dF/dx evaluated at the mean of all other variables. Dummy variables show difference from 0 to 1.
  2. Source: HIECPS, Feb 2008 to Feb 2009 (CAPMAS 2009).