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Table 4 Factors influencing to brain drain and plan after graduation

From: Brain drain of agriculture and veterinary graduates to abroad: evidence from Nepal

Variables

Brain drain (yes = 1)

Plan to go abroad after graduation (yes = 1)

Brain drain (already abroad plus plan to go abroad = 1)

Coefficient

dy/dx

Coefficient

dy/dx

Coefficient

dy/dx

AGE

0.056* (0.035)

0.005* (0.003)

0.020 (0.033)

0.005 (0.008)

0.110*** (0.035)

0.020*** (0.006)

GENDER

0.449 (0.397)

0.041 (0.036)

0.244 (0.287)

0.059 (0.067)

0.433 (0.278)

0.079 (0.050)

HHSIZE

− 0.046 (0.113)

− 0.004 (0.010)

0.039 (0.089)

0.009 (0.021)

0.020 (0.075)

0.003 (0.013)

MARITAL

0.661 (0.454)

0.061 (0.042)

− 0.188 (0.455)

− 0.045 (0.109)

0.395 (0.365)

0.072 (0.066)

OCCUPATION

− 0.229 (0.426)

− 0.021 (0.039)

− 0.605* (0.329)

− 0.146* (0.077)

0.131 (0.291)

0.024 (0.053)

EDU_MOTHER

0.145 (0.580)

0.013 (0.053)

0.088 (0.440)

0.021 (0.106)

0.032 (0.397)

0.006 (0.072)

INCOME_HH

− 0.096 (0.070)

− 0.008 (0.006)

0.019 (0.074)

0.004 (0.018)

− 0.107* (0.055)

− 0.019* (0.009)

MIGRATION_HH

1.268*** (0.367)

0.117*** (0.033)

0.631* (0.348)

0.152* (0.081)

0.724*** (0.283)

0.132*** (0.050)

Constant

− 3.319** (1.328)

 

− 0.933 (1.243)

 

− 3.358*** (1.046)

 

No. of observation

116

 

251

 

367

 

LR value (8)

26.53***

 

8.41

 

53.16***

 

Pseudo-R2

0.10

 

0.02

 

0.11

 
  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. ***p ≤ 0.01; **p ≤ 0.05; *p ≤ 0.1