|**Table 5.2: Probability of B**|**eing Poo**|**r Com**|**pari**<br>|**ng the R**<br>|**ural**<br>|**South**<br>|**Region t**|**o Ru**|**ral M**|**exico a**|**s a W**|**hole,**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**199**<br>|**2 and 20**<br>|**02**<sup>**1,2,3**</sup>||||||||
||||**199**|**2**|||||**200**|**2**|||
|||||_Variables_<br>_by Sur Re_|_multipli_<br>_gion dum_|_ed_<br>_my_||||_Variable_<br>_by Sur Re_|_s multipli_<br> _gion dum_|_ed_<br>_my_|
|**Household Characteristics**<sup>**4**</sup>|**DF/dx**|**SE**|**P>|z|**|**dF/dx**|**SE**|**P>|z|**|**dF/dx**|**SE**|**P>|z|**|**dF/dx**|**SE**|**P>|z|**|
|Dependent below 5 years old+|0.210 ***|0.018|0.000|0.069|0.056|0.205|0.216 ***|0.017|0.000|0.025|0.039|0.521|
|Dependent 6 - 11 years old+|0.181 ***|0.018|0.000|0.028|0.056|0.604|0.2198 ***|0.02|0|-0.033|0.038|0.392|
|Dependent 12 - 14 years old+<br>|0.118 ***<br>|0.020<br>|0.000<br>|-0.006<br>|0.055<br>|0.911<br>|0.1341 ***<br>|0.02<br>|0<br>|0.023<br>|0.042<br>|0.582<br>|
|Dependent 15 - 18 years old+|0.021|0.020|0.290|0.085|0.063|0.162|0.0542 ***|0.02|0.004|-0.011|0.041|0.785|
|<br>Dependent 18 - 25 years old+|-0.075 ***|0.020|0.000|0.127 *|0.069|0.058|-0.0729 ***|0.02|0|0.093 **|0.046|0.037|
|<br>Dependent 65 and over+|0.055 ***|0.021|0.010|0.013|0.064|0.835|-0.0081|0.02|0.671|0.045|0.040|0.265|
|_Household Head_|||||||||||||
|Age +|-0.010 ***|0.003|0.002|-0.007|0.005|0.146|-0.022 ***|0.003|0.000|0.002|0.003|0.471|
|Age Square +|0.000 **|0.000|0.016|0.000|0.000|0.150|0.000 ***|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.000|0.441|
|Female Head+|-0.035|0.029|0.240|0.049|0.094|0.596|-0.025|0.024|0.295|0.047|0.055|0.384|
|**Education**|||||||||||||
|**_Head_**|||||||||||||
|Primary Complete+|-0.091 ***|0.021|0.000|-0.134 **|0.057|0.041|-0.128 ***|0.019|0.000|0.086 *|0.052|0.094|
|Lower Secondary Complete+|-0.167 ***|0.029|0.000|0.047|0.141|0.735|-0.196 ***|0.022|0.000|0.123|0.080|0.113|
|Upper Secondary Complete+|-0.205 ***|0.044|0.001||||-0.250 ***|0.031|0.000|0.070|0.124|0.565|
|**_Spouse_**|||||||||||||
|<br>Primary Complete+|-0.086 ***|0.022|0.000|-0.022|0.081|0.785|-0.122 ***|0.020|0.000|0.049|0.060|0.403|
|<br>Lower Secondary Complete+|-0.138 ***|0.033|0.000|-0.117|0.148|0.482|-0.186 ***|0.024|0.000|0.047|0.086|0.583|
|<br>Upper SecondaryComplete+|-0.229 ***|0.051|0.003|-0.035|0.284|0.905|-0.268 ***|0.035|0.000|-0.204|0.143|0.274|
|**Sector of Activity and Labor Status**|||||||||||||
|**_Head_**|||||||||||||
|Unemployed+|-0.010|0.087|0.908||||-0.017|0.092|0.855||||
|<br>Not in the labor force+|0.044|0.039|0.249|-0.158|0.09|0.16|0.078 **|0.032|0.014|0.044|0.083|0.589|
|Self employed+|-0.026|0.026|0.318|0.091|0.091|0.300|0.190 ***|0.026|0.000|0.1387 **|0.07|0.03|
|Salaried worker+|0.144 ***|0.027|0.000|-0.053|0.085|0.546|0.224 ***|0.025|0.000|0.0459|0.07|0.48|
|Employer+|-0.165 ***|0.027|0.000|-0.004|0.103|0.965|-0.054|0.048|0.274|0.0619|0.11|0.55|
|Self employed+|-0.065 **|0.031|0.046|0.105|0.113|0.335|0.070 **|0.029|0.014|-0.071|0.06|0.29|
|Salaried worker+|||||||||||||
|Employer+|-0.277 ***|0.031|0.000|0.078|0.290|0.782|-0.165 ***|0.053|0.008|0.1408|0.19|0.45|
|Second Employment +|0.039 **|0.018|0.029|-0.076|0.045|0.115|-0.054 ***|0.018|0.003|-0.013|0.04|0.75|
|Social Security +|-0.235 ***|0.019|0.000|-0.027|0.111|0.810|-0.241 ***|0.019|0.000|0.0097|0.1|0.92|
|**_Spouse_**|||||||||||||
|<br>Employed in agriculture +|-0.023|0.033|0.498|0.068|0.107|0.511|0.038|0.031|0.218|0.1236 **|0.06|0.03|
|Employedinoff-farm activity+|-0.085 ***|0.024|0.001|0.178 **|0.084|0.029|-0.135 ***|0.020|0.000|0.0607|0.05|0.21|
|**Region **<sup>**4**</sup>|||||||||||||
|Locality< 2,500 inhabitants+|0.039 *|0.022|0.089|0.220 ***|0.075|0.003|0.111 ***|0.017|0.000|-0.078 **|0.04|0.05|
|**Number of observations =**|4743||||||6478||||||
|**Log Likelihood=**|-2483.4||||||-3223.9||||||
|<br>**LR chi2(53)=**|1269.1||||||2286.8||||||
|<br>**Prob>chi2=**|0||||||0.000||||||
|**Pseudo R2=**<br>Source: Authors estimations based on EN<br>2SEDESOL's capacity povertyline, (+)d|0.2035<br>IGH 1992 and<br>F/dxis for discr|2002. No<br>ete chan|te:<sup>1</sup>Rur<br>ge of du|al area defin<br>mmyvariabl|ed as loc<br>e from 0|ality wit<br>to 1,***|0.262<br>h less than 15,<br>sign. at 1%,*|000 inha<br>* sign. a|bitants;<br>t 5%,*|sign. at 10|% level||

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