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Table 6 Average partial effects of illness on the probability of child labour

From: Health shocks and child time allocation decisions by households: evidence from Ethiopia

 

RE Probit Model

CRE Probit Model

Maternal illness

0.132** (0.014)

0.096** (0.020)

Paternal illness

0.034* (0.017)

0.020 (0.023)

σ

0.114** (0.043)

0.141** (0.043)

Observations

4538

4538

  1. Standard errors appear in parentheses. A double asterisk (**) beside a parameter indicates that it is significantly different from zero at the 1% level; a single asterisk (*) indicates significance at the 5% level. The parameters indicate the percentage change in the probability of child labour in the case of maternal or paternal illness