Table 6
Marginal effects of Probit models for labour force participation among married immigrant women

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Marginal effects of Probit models for labour force participation among married immigrant women
Table summary
This table displays the marginal effects of Probit models for labour force participation among married immigrant women. The row headers describe the variables used in the models. The column headers identify the estimated models and associated coefficients and standard errors.
  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
  coefficient standard error coefficient standard error coefficient standard error
Female–male labour activity 0.175*** 0.015 0.144*** 0.012 0.164*** 0.026
Female–male secondary education 0.097*** 0.015 0.103*** 0.012 0.080*** 0.021
Total fertility rate 0.012*** 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002
Log gross domestic product per capita 0.001 0.002 -0.019*** 0.002 -0.019*** 0.002
Official language is English/French 0.092*** 0.005 0.075*** 0.005 0.076*** 0.005
Age … … -0.008*** 0.000 -0.008*** 0.000
Age squared … … -0.001*** 0.000 -0.001*** 0.000
Common-law … … 0.071*** 0.004 0.070*** 0.004
Visible minority … … -0.030*** 0.005 -0.030*** 0.005
Husband is Canadian-born … … -0.013** 0.004 0.022 0.017
Husband from a different country … … -0.011*** 0.003 -0.004 0.013
Years since landing … … 0.006*** 0.000 0.005* 0.001
Cohort 1970 to 1974 … … 0.097*** 0.010 0.097*** 0.010
Cohort 1975 to 1979 … … 0.100*** 0.009 0.101*** 0.009
Cohort 1980 to 1984 … … 0.089*** 0.008 0.089*** 0.008
Cohort 1985 to 1989 … … 0.091*** 0.008 0.092*** 0.008
Cohort 1990 to 1994 … … 0.076*** 0.009 0.075*** 0.009
Cohort 1995 to 1999 … … 0.030** 0.011 0.030** 0.011
Graduate degree … … 0.056*** 0.004 0.056*** 0.004
Some postsecondary education … … -0.025*** 0.003 -0.025*** 0.003
High school graduation … … -0.105*** 0.004 -0.105*** 0.004
Less than high school … … -0.175*** 0.005 -0.174*** 0.005
Husband—graduate degree … … -0.033*** 0.003 -0.033*** 0.003
Husband—some postsecondary education … … 0.023*** 0.003 0.023*** 0.003
Husband—high school graduation … … 0.034*** 0.003 0.034*** 0.003
Husband—less than high school … … 0.042*** 0.003 0.041*** 0.003
Mother tongue not English/French, not speaking English/French … … -0.077*** 0.008 -0.076*** 0.008
Mother tongue not English/French, speaking French … … -0.020** 0.007 -0.019** 0.007
Mother tongue not English/French, speaking English … … -0.006 0.004 -0.005 0.004
Mother tongue French … … 0.015* 0.007 0.015* 0.007
Number of children aged 0 to 5 … … -0.124*** 0.002 -0.124*** 0.002
Number of children aged 6 to 14 … … -0.046*** 0.001 -0.046*** 0.001
Number of children aged 15 to 17 … … 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.002
Years since landing interacted with female–male labour activity … … … … -0.001 0.001
Years since landing interacted with female–male secondary education … … … … 0.002 0.001
Husband is Canadian-born interacted with female–male labour activity … … … … 0.051** 0.020
Husband is Canadian-born interacted with female–male secondary education … … … … -0.068** 0.020
Husband from a different country interacted with female–male labour activity … … … … -0.052*** 0.012
Husband from a different country interacted with female–male secondary education … … … … 0.025* 0.013
Marginal effects of Probit models for labour force participation among married immigrant women (continued)
  Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
Census metropolitan areasand provinces fixed effects Not included Included Included
Sample size 558,202 558,202 558,202
Pseudo R-squared 0.014 0.091 0.091
*
significant at p<0.05; **significant at p<0.01; ***significant at p<0.001
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006 Census of Population.
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