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Table 7 Determinants of formal and informal training (Multinomial Logit Model)—68th round (2011–2012)

From: Vocational training in India: determinants of participation and effect on wages

Variables

Logit coefficients

Marginal effects (dY/dX)

Informal training

Formal training

Informal training

Formal training

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Place of residence [base-rural]

 Urban

0.116 (0.0160)***

0.178 (0.0280)***

0.013 (0.002)***

0.006 (0.001)***

Age

− 0.00655 (0.000811)***

− 0.00608 (0.00158)***

− 0.001 (0.000)***

0.000 (0.000)***

Sex [base-female]

 Male

− 0.265 (0.0192)***

0.454 (0.0320)***

− 0.031 (0.002)***

0.019 (0.001)***

Marital status [base-never married]

 Ever married

− 0.00885 (0.0220)

− 0.204 (0.0369)***

0.000 (0.003)

− 0.007 (0.001)***

Educational level [base-not literate]

 Lit. without formal

0.171 (0.103)*

1.219 (0.465)***

0.021 (0.014)

0.007 (0.004)

 Primary and below

0.0656 (0.0219)***

1.477 (0.131)***

0.006 (0.003)**

0.010 (0.001)***

 Secondary and middle

0.112 (0.0211)***

2.719 (0.123)***

0.008 (0.003)***

0.039 (0.001)***

 Higher secondary and above

− 0.405 (0.0268)***

3.267 (0.123)***

− 0.050 (0.003)***

0.069 (0.001)***

Technical education [base-no technical education]

 With technical education

− 0.0878 (0.0568)

2.056 (0.0347)***

− 0.029 (0.005)***

0.145 (0.004)***

Religion [base-Hinduism]

 Islam

− 0.0522 (0.0219)**

0.0316 (0.0423)

− 0.006 (0.002)**

0.001 (0.001)

 Christianity

− 0.365 (0.0377)***

0.185 (0.0552)***

− 0.037(0.003)***

0.008 (0.002)***

 Others

0.837 (0.0304)***

0.400 (0.0629)***

0.121 (0.005)***

0.009 (0.002)***

Social group [Base-STs]

 SCs

0.229 (0.0301)***

0.563 (0.0651)***

0.021 (0.003)***

0.016 (0.002)***

 OBCs

0.468 (0.0269)***

0.683 (0.0559)***

0.048 (0.003)***

0.019 (0.001)***

 General

0.399 (0.0282)***

0.552 (0.0559)***

0.040 (0.003)***

0.015 (0.001)***

Sector [base-primary]

 Secondary

0.816 (0.0190)***

1.016 (0.0496)***

0.099 (0.002)***

0.024 (0.001)***

 Tertiary

0.133 (0.0205)***

1.026 (0.0462)***

0.010 (0.002)***

0.029 (0.001)***

Constant

− 2.031 (0.0508)***

− 7.669 (0.154)***

0.138 (0.001)***

0.042 (0.000)***

Observations

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  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. For column (3) and (4), dY/dX for factor levels is the discrete change from the base level
  3. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1