Determinants of life satisfaction among migrants in South Africa: an analysis of the GCRO’s quality of life survey (2009–2021)

Akokuwebe, Monica Ewomazino; Likoko, Salmon; Osuafor, Godswill N; Idemudia, Erhabor Sunday

doi:10.1186/s12889-023-16868-1

Table 5 Predicted Probabilities of Ordered Logit Models with Marginal Effects by Levels of Life Satisfaction by Gender among Migrants in South Africa (2009–2021)

From: Determinants of life satisfaction among migrants in South Africa: an analysis of the GCRO’s quality of life survey (2009–2021)

Predictors	Male (Marginal Effects (Standard error))			Female (Marginal Effects (Standard error))
Predictors	Lower (0)	Middle (1)	Highest (2)	Lower (0)	Middle (1)	Highest (2)
Individual-level factors
Age
18‒27 (RC)	0.2597	0.1307	0.6096	0.2680	0.1305	0.6015
28‒37	0.2634 *	0.1315 *	0.6050	0.2673	0.1303	0.6023 *
38‒47	0.2526	0.1291	0.6184 *	0.2668	0.1302	0.6030 *
48 + years	0.2093	0.1174	0.6734 *	0.2180	0.1181	0.6640 *
Education
No education (RC)	0.2692	0.1320	0.5988	0.2902	0.1340	0.5758
Primary	0.2393	0.1251	0.6356 *	0.2459	0.1248	0.6292 *
Secondary/Higher	0.2476	0.1272	0.6252 *	0.2550 *	0.1270	0.6180 *
Population Group
Black African	0.2517 *	0.1295 *	0.6188	0.2590 *	0.1290 *	0.6120
Non-Black African (RC)	0.1797	0.1078	0.7126	0.1784	0.1054	0.7162
Respondents’ income
No income (RC)	0.3257	0.1449	0.5294	0.3017	0.1380	0.5602
Low = R1 – R12,800	0.2507	0.1310	0.6183	0.2586	0.1296	0.5118
Middle = R12.801 – R25,600	0.1767	0.1080	0.7153 *	0.1895	0.1099	0.7006 *
High = R25,601+	0.1714	0.1059	0.7227 *	0.1605	0.0990	0.7404 *
Employment
Not working (RC)	0.2545	0.1291	0.6165	0.2561	0.1272	0.6167
Working	0.2393	0.1254	0.6353 *	0.2516	0.1262	0.6222 *
Health insurance cover
No (RC)	0.2511	0.1288	0.6201	0.2575	0.1280	0.6145
Yes	0.2122	0.1183	0.6695 *	0.2211	0.1188	0.6601 *
Healthcare services usage
Public (RC)	0 2262	0.1228	0.6510	0.2284	0.1212	0.6504
Private	0.2624 *	0.1318 *	0.6058	0.2674	0.1305 *	0.6021
Both public and private	0.2154	0.1197	0.6649 *	0.2368	0.1134	0.6699 *
Household-level factors
No. of persons living in H/H
1 (RC)	0.2582	0.1297	0.6121	0.2534	0.1267	0.6199
2	0.2498	0.1278	0.6224 *	0.2361	0.1225	0.6415 *
3	0.2396	0.1253	0.6351 *	0.2535 *	0.1267	0.6198
4+	0.2364	0.1245	0.6391 *	0.2640 *	0.1290 *	0.6070
No. of persons under 18 in H/H
0 (RC)	0.2991	0.1375	0.5634	0.3395	0.1402	0.5203
1	0.2375	0.1248	0.6377 *	0.2685	0.1293	0.6022 *
2	0.2403	0.1255	0.6342 *	0.2427	0.1235	0.6337 *
3	0.2501	0.1278	0.6221 *	0.2364	0.1219	0.6417 *
4	0.2652	0.1314	0.6036 *	0.2487	0.1250	0.6264 *
5+	0.2257	0.1216	0.6527 *	0.2526	0.1259	0.6216 *
Not enough money to feed children
No (RC)	0.2362	0.1266	0.6371	0.2344	0.1258	0.6398
Yes	0.3938 *	0.1489 *	0.4573	0.3798 *	0.1482 *	0.4721
No children in the household
Receiving SASSA social grant
No (RC)	0.2485	0.1274	0.6241	0.2533	0.1266	0.6201
Yes	0.2432	0.1261	0.6308 *	0.2561 *	0.1272 *	0.6267 *
Community-level factors
Type of dwelling
Formal (RC)	0.2130	0.1221	0.6649	0. 2188	0.1220	0.6593
Informal	0.3348 *	0.1474 *	0.5177	0.3479 *	0.1467 *	0.5054
Migrant status
Internal (RC)	0.2543	0.1289	0.6168	0.2605	0.1282	0.6113
International	0.2208	0.1203	0.6589 *	0.2253	0.1196	0.6551 *

Coef. = Robust regression coefficient; CI = Confidence interval; RC = Reference category; Level of significance at *p < 0.05

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