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Table 4 Language and preference for self-employment

From: Economic behavior of indigenous peoples: the Mexican case

 

Self-employed with no hired workers

Self-employed with hired workers

Total

Secondary sector

Total

Total sample

Rural sample,

6 States

Total sample

Rural sample,

6 states

Total sample

Observed mean

0.223

0.464

0.132

0.473

0.029

Results of Logit regressionsa

 Estimated mean

0.183

0.348

0.100

0.575

0.016

 Personal information, environment and economic sector, see Table 3

  Group 1

   Tlapanecs

0.176*

0.198*

0.125*

0.125*

−0.019*

   Tzeltals

0.245*

0.307*

0.185*

0.129*

−0.003*

   Tzotzils

0.245*

0.231*

0.255*

0.291*

−0.003*

   Chols

−0.005

−0.084*

0.093*

−0.208*

−0.026*

  Group 2

   Huastecs

0.043*

–

0.176*

–

−0.031*

   Mixes

0.127*

0.029*

0.241*

0.256*

−0.010*

   Mazatecs

0.089*

0.027*

0.200*

0.104*

−0.005*

   Chinantecs

0.046*

−0.156*

0.179*

−0.182*

−0.010*

   Mixtecs

0.133*

0.028*

0.208*

0.155*

−0.020*

   Nahuas

0.071*

0.140*

0.112*

0.289*

−0.005*

   Totonacs

0.045*

–

0.092*

–

−0.016*

  Group 3

   Purépechas

0.190*

–

0.170*

–

−0.003*

   Zapotecs

0.198*

0.106*

0.278*

0.264*

−0.015*

   Mayas

0.019*

−0.089*

0.073*

−0.134*

−0.006*

   Otomies

0.047*

–

0.097*

–

−0.004*

   Mazahuas

0.037*

–

0.061*

–

−0.021*

 Number of observations

3,662,999

886,966

477,242

70,786

3,662,999

 \( Pr\left( {\beta_{1} = \beta_{2} = \cdots = 0} \right) \)b

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 R2 (Nagelkerke)

0.14

0.24

0.26

0.24

0.13

  1. Source: The table was created with data from INEGI 2010
  2. * Indicates that the parameter is 95 % significant
  3. aThe values are the marginal effects with respect to estimated mean or response probability when the characteristic applies
  4. b\( Pr\left( {\beta_{1} = \beta_{2} = \cdots = 0} \right) \) refers to the probability that all the parameters concerning the indigenous communities are not significantly different from zero, in which the value of the cell is the p value of the test