Ethnic fertility behavior and internal migration in Nigeria: revisiting the migrant fertility hypotheses

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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 4 Poisson regression model summary

Model	Model 1 All migrants		Model 2 Hausa-Fulani migrants		Model 3 Igbo migrants		Model 4 Yoruba migrants
Covariates	Odds ratio	Standard error	Odds ratio	Standard error	Odds ratio	Standard error	Odds ratio	Standard error
Age
15–19	0.129**	0.335	0.139**	0.336	–	–	–	–
20–24	0.335**	0.079	0.334**	0.121	0.338**	0.113	0.276**	0.304
25–29	0.519**	0.044	0.490**	0.070	0.524**	0.063	0.752	0.180
30–34	0.734**	0.033	0.825**	0.053	0.663**	0.049	0.688*	0.142
35–39	0.831**	0.031	0.909*	0.048	0.753**	0.046	1.027	0.128
40–44	0.944	0.031	1.066	0.047	0.794**	0.049	0.937	0.125
45–49	RC		RC		RC		RC
Religion
Catholic	1.164*	0.055	1.388**	0.095	1.061	0.164	0.720	0.242
Other Christian	1.074	0.049	1.277**	0.074	0.969	0.161	0.993	0.092
Islam	RC		RC		RC		RC
Highest education
None	1.287**	0.061	1.480**	0.119	1.376**	0.098	0.739	0.221
Primary	1.257**	0.043	1.343*	0.124	1.285**	0.051	0.987	0.141
Secondary	1.201**	0.036	1.126	0.109	1.243**	0.042	0.886	0.132
Higher	RC		RC		RC		RC
Wealth index
Poor	1.207**	0.046	1.226**	0.062	1.012	0.118	–	–
Middle	1.166**	0.049	1.363**	0.075	0.991	0.073	1.416	0.181
Rich	RC		RC		RC		RC
Place of residence
Urban	0.907*	0.037	0.923	0.060	0.832**	0.054	0.946	0.209
Rural	RC		RC		RC		RC
Region
North-West	0.959	0.040	–	–	1.033	0.046	0.828	0.111
South-East	0.975	0.056	0.894	0.082	–	–	RC
South-West	RC		RC		RC		–	–